This warm and emotional film surrounds a musician, Mr. Holland. His true ambition is to be a symphony for the first time, but he has no choice but to become a music teacher in colleges and universities for life. Later, he will contribute his youth for more than 30 years. After cultivating students' interest in music, I was surprised that my achievements turned out to be so great. He inspired and changed hundreds of students. Mr. Holland was inspired by students and family members, and finally realized that life does not always follow our plans, but requires us to accept unexpected things
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In the fall of 1964, Oregon, USA. In order to earn money to complete his career, the composer with lofty ideals, Glen Holland, got a job as a music teacher in a middle school. What he did was a helpless act of retreat, and the burden of family life made him have to face reality. On the first day of his class at school, students with poor music foundation gave him an embarrassment. Not only did they lose the tune when they played their instruments, they even hadn't even heard of the famous classical composer Bach. Holland's confidence was hit, and the schoolgirl Jacob also repeatedly criticized him in good faith. When the husband’s work encountered setbacks, the wife who was engaged in photography patiently persuaded and comforted him. His friend, physical education teacher Bill Meister, also used his personal experience since teaching to prove to Holland that teaching students requires selfless love. And plenty of time.
Under the careful nurturing of Holland, the white student Gertrude Long and the black student Louis Ruth, who had no knowledge of music, learned the clarinet and bass drum respectively. Just when Holland was fascinated by teaching life, his son was born, but he was a child with congenital deafness. This heavy blow caused Holland to shift the focus of his family, and he had a hazy relationship with the beautiful female student Rowena Morgan in the negative hesitation. The wife noticed the slight change in her husband, but did not break it. After Morgan went to New York for further studies, Holland transferred all his mind and body to his son and teaching, and his relationship with his wife was also cleared up. In the following 30 years, Holland not only improved the students' musical literacy, but also won the respect and love of everyone with love, trust and understanding. Before his retirement, the grateful past students gathered together and held a grand farewell party for the teacher. The orchestra played a vigorous and majestic "American Symphony" to show Holland the most noble. Tribute.
