Les Choristes

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The movie Les Choristes, is the story of a new supervisor, Clement Mathieu, who arrives at Fond de l'etang boarding school. Fond de l'Etang is a boarding school for troubled boys located in the French countryside. it is run by the principal M. Rachin, an egotistical disciplinarian whose official unofficial mantra for the school is "action - reaction", meaning that there will be severe consequences for any boy out of line. Clement Mathieu immediately comes into conflict with the disciplinarian ethos of the Headmaster, Monsieur Rachin. The arrival to the school of the new supervisor, M. Clément Mathieu, a middle-aged man who is grasping at finding his place in life after a series of failed endeavors. Although he does find the boys an unruly lot,

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