Mathieu is following in the footsteps of Glenn Holland ( Mr Holland’s Opus), Mr Chipping ( Goodbye Mr Chips), John Keating ( Dead Poet’s Society), Louanne Johnson ( Dangerous Minds), Mark Thackeray ( To Sir, With Love) and countless other inspirational movie teachers. It is giving nothing away to say that The Chorus has a happy ending. Perhaps this former musician could shape them into a choir? But Mathieu sees some potential in his students after hearing them sing he notices a couple of them possess good voices. He is immediately startled by the brutal methods that are employed by the fierce principal Rachin (Francois Berleand) to keep these troubled boys in check. Clement Mathieu (Gerard Jugnot) is an idealistic teacher who arrives at boys’ boarding school shortly after the second world war.
