The Choir Boys (2000)

Original title

Enfants de choeur!

Directed by

Magnus Isacsson

Genre

documentary

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 16m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows a choir made up of homeless men in Montreal. It shows them rehearsing and performing under their director, focusing on their everyday lives and the music they create together.

observationalearnestwarmquietly upliftingintimatehumanizingstraightforward

What happens

The Choir Boys (French: Enfants de chœur !) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Magnus Isacsson and released in 1999. The film profiles the Chorale de L'Accueil Bonneau, a group of homeless men from Montreal who have formed a choir under the leadership of Pierre Anthian. The film premiered on June 6, 1999, as an episode of Radio-Canada's arts anthology series Les Beaux Dimanches, and was subsequently screened at various film festivals. The film was a Jutra Award nominee for Best Documentary Film at the 2nd Jutra Awards in 2000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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