Beautifully crafted movie of many layers set in a Yorkshire town in England during World War 1 times. The Choral is about a choirmaster fresh from Germany who works a choir to produce the Elgar piece ‘The Dream of Gerontius’ by adapting it somewhat. I found the choirmaster Dr Henry Guthrie (Ralph Fiennes) really innovative in choosing Elgar’s piece due to the different religion of the choir to the composer. This made a good anti-war impression on me as to the unforgiving call of duty when it comes to being called up for service (to the military). Different parts shone out to me including Jacob Dudman as Clyde – had a fantastic voice as did Amara Okereke who was fascinating as Mary as she dated Taylor Uttley as Ellis. A democratic movie for by participation in the choir they pushed for the value of human life by the practice of creativity.
