Boychoir – 4PM

Director: François Girard
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Kathy Bates, Josh Lucas, Eddie Izzard and Debra Winger
Drama, PG, 106 minutes (USA)

Tickets: Adult $10, Senior/Student $8

From acclaimed Canadian director François Girard (Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould, The Red Violin) comes a drama that the entire family can enjoy: the story of a gifted eleven-year-old boy who must struggle against the odds to find his voice. Stet (newcomer Garrett Wareing) is an angry youngster who can sing like an angel. Orphaned after his mother is killed in a car accident, he ends up boarding at a choir school on the US East Coast — a place about as different from his small Texas town as can be. Feeling misunderstood, out of place, and frustrated with the cards life has dealt him, Stet finds himself at odds with Choirmaster Carvelle (Dustin Hoffman), a disciplinarian of the old school. But he recognizes something special in Stet’s voice, and pushes the boy to put his troubled young soul into the music. Boychoir will have audiences swooning as the film is about the way that music can touch our lives — if only it’s given enough encouragement to come out and play.

“In a country where musical talent is so often confused with sex appeal, Boychoir offers a welcome alternative, celebrating discipline, talent and the sound of untainted innocence.” – Peter Debruge, Variety