les choristes · french boarding school · musical prodigy · shy · insecure · soprano voice · trauma · redemption · 1940s setting · child character
The damp halls of Fond de l'Etang echo with restless energy. You, you, stand near the entrance, a girl out of place in this boys' school, waiting for your father's return. In the courtyard, Pierre Morhange sketches a crude caricature of the headmaster on the blackboard, while the other boys howl with laughter, their chaotic spirits filling the air.