Boychoir

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Boychoir is a drama film directed by French-Canadian director François Girard (The Red Violin). The film held its world premiere at TIFF last year and stars Dustin Hoffman, Kathy Bates, Eddie Izzard, Josh Lucas, Debra Winger, Kevin McHale, and Garrett Wareing as Stet.

The rousing, music-filled tale begins with Stet (newcomer Garrett Wareing), who is struggling just to get by in a tough Texas neighborhood with an overwhelmed single mom. His school principal (Winger) is convinced his angelic singing voice is worth championing, but Stet has no idea how it might help him face the dark realities of his life. That all shifts when a sudden accident lands Stet on the East Coast at one of the most elite private boychoir schools in the country, the National Boychoir Academy. He immediately runs up against the most demanding, uncompromising and compelling person he’s ever met: the school’s lauded, if increasingly jaded, Headmaster Carvelle (Hoffman).

Girard had been looking for a project to do with Hoffman and knew right away he wanted to cast him in Boychoir. “I was told that Dustin Hoffman had already shown interest. He and I had talked about doing several projects through the years that never happened so, for me, this was also an occasion to kill that frustration! But really, from the minute I read the script, I couldn’t help but have Dustin in mind for Choirmaster Carvelle.”

Boychoir is rated PG.