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The Music Teacher

1988 · 100 min

A stately, music-filled drama of mentorship and ambition, unfolding with restrained emotion and operatic grandeur.

Directed by
Gérard Corbiau
Genres
Music, Drama
Overview
Aging opera singer Joachim Dallayrac retires from the stage and retreats to the countryside to school two young singers. Although the rigorous training takes its toll on both teacher and students, there is plenty of time for relationships to develop between the three.
How it feels
Melancholic and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Ambition, art, parenthood, love
Content
Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
Note
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Directed by
Gérard Corbiau
Genres
Music, Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • art
  • parenthood
  • love
  • betrayal
Places
  • single country house
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

Cast

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Details

Genres
music, drama
Directed by
Gérard Corbiau
Written by
Andrée Corbiau, Christian Watton, Gérard Corbiau
Starring
José van Dam, Anne Roussel, Philippe Volter, Sylvie Fennec, Patrick Bauchau, Johan Leysen, Marc Schreiber, Alain Carre
Cinematography
Walther van den Ende
Runtime
100 min
Country
Belgium
Languages
French

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