Plot

In 1949, Clément Mathieu, a failed musician and composer, arrives at Fond de l'Étang, a French boarding school for troubled boys, to work as a supervisor.it is run by the principal Mr Rachin, am grumpy disciplinarian, meaning that there will be severe consequences for any boy out of line. Mr Clément Mathieu, a middle-aged man who is grasping at finding his place in life after a series of failed endeavors. Although he does find the boys an unruly lot, Mathieu does not believe in Mr Rachin's policy. Mr Clément starts a choir among his students.This move is a difficult one for him as a failed musician, as well as for the initially reluctant students.During this process, Mathieu focuses on two different students for two different reasons. Pépinot, a younger boy, seems to lack guidance and focus, and who always says he is waiting for Saturday when his father will pick him up, he who never does. And Pierre Morhange, an older student.