Wednesday March 27th 2019

​Turkey/France  2016   97 minutes
Director: Deniz Gamze Erguven
Starring: Gunes Sensoy, Doga Zeynip Dogaslu

Monsieur Daoud is a professional violinist who joins a secondary school in one of the rougher arrondissements of Paris. The pupils regard their music ‘lessons’ as a time for fooling around and generally creating mayhem. However, their new teacher perseveres with them and they gradually come to respect him and the music that the violin can create. Eventually they become confident enough to take part in a combined school concert. One boy, Arnold, shows considerable promise and a better future seems possible for him. Although the setting is very different, the story has strong echoes of ‘Les Choristes’, the most popular film of our opening season ten years ago.