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2024·102 min·Released

The Marching Band

Comedy
Drama
Music

A world-famous orchestra conductor discovers the brother he never knew he had — a school cafeteria worker who plays trombone in a local marching band. Detecting his brother's exceptional musical talent, he takes it upon himself to rectify the injustice of fate.

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Official UK Trailer [Subtitled]

Cast & Crew

Benjamin Lavernhe

Benjamin Lavernhe

Thibaut Desormeaux

Pierre Lottin

Pierre Lottin

Jimmy Lecocq

Sarah Suco

Sarah Suco

Sabrina

Clémence Massart-Weit

Clémence Massart-Weit

Claudine

Ludmila Mikaël

Ludmila Mikaël

Mme Desormeaux

Anne Loiret

Anne Loiret

Claire

Jacques Bonnaffé

Jacques Bonnaffé

Gilbert Woszniak

Yvon Martin

Yvon Martin

Anthony

Nathalie Desrumaux

Nathalie Desrumaux

Mme Meyer

Isabelle Zanotti

Isabelle Zanotti

Charlène

Nicolas Ducron

Nicolas Ducron

Yannick

Marie-José Billet

Marie-José Billet

Brigitte

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Written on 6/18/2025

“Thibaut” (Benjamin Lavernhe) is an accomplished conductor who is now based in the USA but who comes home to France now and again to perform. It’s during one such visit that he confides to his sister “Rose” (Mathilde Courcol-Rozés) that he needs a bone-marrow transplant. She readily agrees to help out but when she is found to be incompatible, that news opens quite a can of worms that results in him having to ask “Jimmy” (Pierre Lottin) - a brother he didn’t know he had and who lives in a quietly dying town where his workplace is earmarked for closure, to help out. Initially uninterested and disbelieving, the film now illustrates just how the two men come to terms with their past, their present and (hopefully) their future against a backdrop of resentment and privilege as they try to reconcile with the elements of “luck of the draw” that have governed their lives thus far. Fortunately, they have one thing in common. They both love music, and as it transpires that “Jimmy” plays trombone in his local mineworkers band we have a conduit for them to bond - or not! There are shades of “Brassed Off” (1996) as this offers us a social commentary on the decline of traditional rural industries that leave little by way of hope or opportunity in it’s wake; a little bit of romance and some seriously horrible uniforms too! Along the way, there is also some fine classical Mozart, some crooning from Charles Aznavour and some enjoyable band rehearsals with an eclectic collection of the townsfolk proving remarkably talented with instrument and voice alike - after a soupçon of guidance. No, there probably isn’t so much jeopardy about the denouement, though there is a twist - it’s really a story about family and one that’s presented without too much sentiment and a bit of enjoyably bloody-minded Gallic humour. I was never quite sure what an orchestral conductor actually did, standing there flailing his baton at a collection of perfectly proficient musicians, but this might just have helped explain a little - and that seating matters too!

Media

Official UK Trailer [Subtitled]

Official UK Trailer [Subtitled]