Director Nicholas Hytner's The Choral is set in the Yorkshire village of Ramsden in 1916. With the village's young men sent to the front, the local choral society makes the controversial decision to hire Dr. Henry Guthrie (Ralph Fiennes), whose recent work in Germany leads to suspicion.
Written by Alan Bennett, the film also stars Roger Allam, Mark Addy, Alun Armstrong, Robert Emms and Simon Russell Beale.
The Choral is in UK/ROI cinemas from November 7th.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
1916. As war rages on the Western Front, the Choral Society in Ramsden, Yorkshire has lost most of its men to the army. The Choral’s ambitious committee, determined to press ahead, decides to recruit local young males to swell their ranks. They must also engage a new chorus master, and despite their suspicions that he has something to hide, their best bet seems to be Dr. Henry Guthrie (Ralph Fiennes) – driven, uncompromising, and recently returned from a career in Germany. As conscription papers start to arrive, the whole community discovers that the best response to the chaos that is laying waste to their lives is to make music together.
