Mar 4: The Choral

Wednesday, Mar 4,, 2025
7 pm @ Galaxy Cinemas, Sault Ste. Marie, ON

Director: Director: Nicholas Hytner
UK 2025
English; 113 min.
Rated: R

The Choral is a testament to music’s power to sustain our souls in troubled times. This inspiring drama depicts a British choir director’s efforts to assemble an ensemble during the darkest days of the First World War. Dr. Guthrie (Ralph Fiennes) is forced to recruit his singers from among the town’s adolescent population. Under his guidance these teens will come to know the transcendent joys of singing together, while steeling themselves for their impending conscription. The Choral reminds us of the importance of cultivating community and using art to process anxieties and generate hope.

Winner of the Grand Prix award at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.

An okay drama that deals with complex issues such as homosexuality during the 1940s and dealing with wartime loss – perhaps doesn’t go quite as deep as it should though..   David Griffiths – Subculture Entertainment

Buried below the unruffled surface of British war drama ‘The Choral’ lies a stirring gay love story the filmmakers don’t seem too keen on telling…..André Hereford – Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)