People Next Door 2022 / La famille Bélier / France, Belgium 2014
Paula is sixteen, she helps her family on the farm, and she goes to school, where she has her eye on a boy she fancies; and, while it wasn’t really her plan, she finds herself singing in the school choir. Except that her life is somewhat unusual: her family is hearing-impaired. A superbly cast coming-of-age story, in which deafness is the least of everyone’s problems. The film went on to provide the inspiration for the American, Oscar-winning CODA.
Paula is sixteen, she helps her family on the farm, and she goes to school, where she has her eye on a boy she fancies. However, her life is somewhat unusual. Her parents and brother are all hearing-impaired, thus the family unit functions in a symbiosis, in which Paula is literally the voice of the family and its interpreter as well. One day she unintentionally becomes a member of the school choir and the choirmaster discovers she is exceptionally talented, something her parents, for obvious reasons, find difficult to understand… The Bélier Family is a superbly cast and touching coming-of-age story, in which deafness is the least of everyone’s problems. A huge hit with audiences, the film went on to provide the inspiration for the American, Oscar-winning CODA.
Anna Kořínek
101 min / Color, DCP
Director Eric Lartigau
/ Screenplay Victoria Bedos, Stanislas Carré de Malberg
/ Dir. of Photography Romain Winding
/ Music Evgueni Galperine, Sacha Galperine
/ Sound Cyril Moisson, Fred Demolder, Dominique Gaborieau
/ Editor Jennifer Auge
/ Art Director Jean-Jacques Albert
/ Producer Eric Jehelmann, Philippe Rousselet, Stéphanie Berman
/ Production Mars Films
/ Coproduction Jerico, France 2 Cinema, Quarante 12 Films, Vendome Production, Nexus Factory, Umedia
/ Cast Karin Viard, François Damiens, Eric Elmosnino, Louane Emera, Roxane Duran
/ Sales SND (Groupe M6)
/ Distributor Film Europe s.r.o.
Eric Lartigau (1964, France). Selected filmography: Bullit and Riper (Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose?, 2003), I Do: How to Get Married and Stay Single (Prête-moi ta main, 2006), A Ticket to Space (Un ticket pour l'espace, 2006), The Big Picture (L'Homme qui voulait vivre sa vie, 2010), The Players (Les Infidèles, 2012), The Bélier Family (La famille Bélier, 2014).
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