the chorus

Jean-Baptiste Maunier (Pierre Morhange)

Jean-Baptiste Maunier (Pierre Morhange)

Maunier gained fame for his starring role in the 2004 French film Les Choristes, in which he plays Pierre Morhange, a delinquent with an exceptional singing voice at the correctional school Fond de L'Étang. Christophe Barratier, the director of Les Choristes, chose Maunier because "he had the right look" and a marvellous voice. He was also exceptionally appealing for the role.  Following the release of the film, Maunier and the choir took part in numerous concerts all over the world, including Japan and Canada. In February 2005, Maunier left the choir in order to devote more time to his studies and to his acting career. In April and August 2005, he took part in a four-episode television series for France 2 directed by Hervé Baslé, Le Cri. In the series, Maunier plays the part of a young worker in a steelworks. The series was released in 2006. Maunier appears in Le Grand Meaulnes, a film directed by Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe, based on a novel of the same name by Alain-Fournier. Maunier plays Francois Seurel in this film, which was first released in October 2006. In Piccolo, Saxo et compagnie, released in December 2006, an animated film about musical instruments and notes on an adventure, Maunier lent his voice to the character Saxo. In the summer of 2006, Maunier acted in Hellphone, a full-length film directed by James Huth. In this film, Maunier plays the role of Sid, a fan of the rock group AC/DC who finds he has a mobile phone with surprising powers. The film was released in March 2007. His most recent film is L'Auberge rouge, directed by Gérard Krawczyk, an adaptation of the 1951 version. Maunier stars as Octave. It opened in theaters in France on 5 December 2007. Jean-Baptiste has recently spent a year studying at New York's Lee Strasberg Institute to unleash his acting potentials. Staying in the US has also allowed him to polish and perfect his English. He has returned to France now, and has performed in the Enfoirés charity concert of 2010.

    

Maxence Perrin (Pepinot)

Maxence Perrin (Pepinot)

Maxence Perrin (born April 1, 1995) is a French actor, best known for his parts in Les Choristes (English title The Chorus), Petit homme and For intérieur. He is the son of actor and film producer Jacques Perrin.

Gérard Jugnot (teacher) 

Gérard Jugnot (teacher) 

Junot's career kick-started when he was in Les Bronzés (1978), and Le Père Noël est une ordure (1982), which were two acts from Splendid adapted for cinema. Aside from acting, Jugnot also started a career as a movie director, making his directing debut in 1984 with the movie Pinot simple flic. He also acted regularly in the TV show Les Grosses Têtes during the 1980s with Léon Zitrone, Olivier de Kersauson, Jacques Martin, and Jean Dutourd.

Movie Questions

The Chorus

1. Mention the context of the movie.

A glee club teacher arrives to a reformatory, but at first anyone like being at glee club but then is one of the best classes.

2. What problems did the music teacher face at the beginning of the movie?

He was the new teacher so that is a problem, nobody like that class and he want a better place to study for that guys.

3. How did he solve them?
He for a choir

4. What problems come with the new visitor?
That he was a bad boy and he don’t like being in that school.

5. How did the professor manage the situations?
The professor gives him warnings

prohibitions

Questions

1.      In your opinion why do you have to follow rules?

2.      Mention 2 situations in which people usually do not respect rules

3.      Do you consider rules are really necessary?

4.      What is the mayor problem you personally have when following rules?

5.      Do you thing that people that don’t follow rules present any mental disorder?

6.      Which has been the most terrible, negative wear situation that you ever happen in your life as results of not following rules?

Answers

1.      Because we have to life in a place of responsibility and respect.

2.      In some classes at school, in some public parts, in red light at the street.

3.      Yes, to have order and respect

4.      In my house my mother said that I have to wash my dishes but I don’t like it and I don’t do it.

5.      No

6.      I was talking with Valeria and I get angry and I throw my keys, but she take the keys and she throw them to the first floor and we were on the fifth floor!

teen problems

Rob 16

Don’t be so nervous, we know that is normal but you need to be calm; a score is only a number, I think that you have to concentrate in what you learn and not only in a number, but if you want to have a great score you have to study in short periods of time and study only one time that function for me J.  

Lara 15

Is very common that this type of problems happen when you are smart but you have to be honest whit your friends, you have to say to them that you don’t like to cheat and you prefer to be honest, so they will understand you.

Joe 15

For this type of problem there are two simple solutions: the first one is to tell your parents or teachers about it, and the second one is ignoring what there are saying or doing, but and think that is better to do the second one fists and if the bully continues you have to do the first one, you parents or teachers know what to do in this type of problems.

Abbie 16

Fist you have to stop telling your secrets to that kind of friends, but you don’t have to finish with a friendship because a boy, so be considered with her friend.

Deborah 13

Well I have a problem is bad but not so bad, I boy that I don’t know is bothering me a lot, he add me to face book ass her friend but I don’t know him and I don’t know how to say to him that I don’t want a friendship with people I don’t know L

 

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