Paula is an average country-girl who discovers that she has the gift of singing. Her music teacher even suggests that he coaches her for a big audition, the Maîtrise of Radio France in Paris. The only snag is: Paula's entire family (mother, father and brother) are deaf, and they need her as a translator to the "hearing world".
This is actually a very conventional "I have a dream"-type movie which centers around real-life French casting show participant Anne Peichert aka Louane Emera, who plays a simple schoolgirl (albeit one with golden tresses and the looks of model) who comes up in the world and emancipates herself from her parents, has to deal with puberty, finding a boyfriend, and getting along with classmates and pesky teachers.
To add a bit of flair to the story, it is offset by the chaotic deaf family on the one hand, and the high-strung music teacher on the other. Karin Viard as the ditzy mother, Francois Damiens as the anarchist father and Eric Elmosino as the Michel-Sardou-worshipping music teacher are putting in extra shifts to save this movie from becoming a teenage shlockfest.
As someone who deals with hearing children of deaf parents (they're called CODA - Children Of Deaf Adults) professionally, I have to say that it's highly unusual for deaf parents to be so dependent on a translator or facilitator. They can usually read lips just fine.
But basically this is not a documentary but a movie squarely aimed at teenage girls.
This is actually a very conventional "I have a dream"-type movie which centers around real-life French casting show participant Anne Peichert aka Louane Emera, who plays a simple schoolgirl (albeit one with golden tresses and the looks of model) who comes up in the world and emancipates herself from her parents, has to deal with puberty, finding a boyfriend, and getting along with classmates and pesky teachers.
To add a bit of flair to the story, it is offset by the chaotic deaf family on the one hand, and the high-strung music teacher on the other. Karin Viard as the ditzy mother, Francois Damiens as the anarchist father and Eric Elmosino as the Michel-Sardou-worshipping music teacher are putting in extra shifts to save this movie from becoming a teenage shlockfest.
As someone who deals with hearing children of deaf parents (they're called CODA - Children Of Deaf Adults) professionally, I have to say that it's highly unusual for deaf parents to be so dependent on a translator or facilitator. They can usually read lips just fine.
But basically this is not a documentary but a movie squarely aimed at teenage girls.