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A Cage of Nightingales
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Wikipedia article
'A Cage of Nightingales' (French: 'La Cage aux rossignols') is a 1945 French film directed by Jean Drville. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story, and served as an inspiration for the film 'The Chorus' (2004).
Synopsis
Clement Mathieu seeks to publish his novel without success. With the help of a friend who is a journalist, his story about the 'Cage of Nightingales' is slipped surreptitiously into a newspaper...
In France, in the 1930s, a supervisor at a rehabilitation house awakens difficult teens' inner musical tendencies by forming a choir, despite the director's skepticism. Later, this experience is reported in a novel in a major newspaper.
The history of the Cage of Nightingales' is directly inspired by that of an actual educational centre, called Ker Goat, where Jacques Dietz, Roger Riffier and their teams worked to help children in difficulty through choral singing and innovative teaching methods.
Cast
*Nol-Nol as Clment Mathieu
*Micheline Francey as Micheline
*Georges Biscot as Raymond
*Ren Gnin as Le pre Maxence
*Ren Blancard as Monsieur Rachin
*Marguerite Ducouret as La mre de Micheline
*Marcelle Praince as La prsidente
*Marthe Mellot as Marie
*Georges Paulais as Monsieur Langlois
*Andr Nicolle as Monsieur de la Frade
*Richard Francoeur as Monsieur de Mzres
*Jean Morel as Le directeur
*Roger Vincent as L'acadmicien
*Michel Franois as Lequerec
*Roger Krebsl as Laugier
*Choir - Les Petits Chanteurs la Croix de Bois
Reception
The film was the second most popular movie at the French box office in 1945. A highly regarded adaptation of the film, under the title 'Les Choristes' (English title: The Chorus) came out in 2004, and starred the French actor Grard Jugnot. It was directed by Christophe Barratier.
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