"On the one hand, Paula's pedestrian life of school, singing training, budding romance and earnest friendship rides on a familiar narrative trajectory with an engaging tempo (though her first period incident risks to be too crude); on the other hand, her family's unique "deafness" is deftly exploited to elicit many surprising responses, such as the heart-felt confession that "being deaf is an advantage!" from Paula's mother Gigi (Viard); the tactful foley arrangement offering a deaf person's perspective of "listening" and Rodolphe's tender touch of feeling her vocal chord when Paula belts out; to say nothing of the killer finale, when Paula simultaneously sings and gestures Michel Sardou's JE VOLE in the audition, that is magically tearjerking and uplifting at the same time."
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