The Choral
Heartwarming period drama starring Ralph Fiennes as a conductor who, during the darkest days of the First World War, takes charge of a choir in Yorkshire where almost all the men have left for the front.
This inspiring drama from veteran director Nicholas Hytner (The Lady In The Van) is a testament to music’s power to sustain our souls in troubled times. The year is 1916 and the Great War is draining a Yorkshire town of its men, leaving the local choral society without voices. For a performance of Edward Elgar’s The Dream Of Gerontius, the society’s director, Dr. Guthrie, is forced to recruit his singers from among the town’s adolescent population. Guthrie is a demanding taskmaster, yet under his guidance these teens will come to know the transcendent joys of singing together, while steeling themselves for their impending conscription. (source: www.tiff.net)