Line #23 Film/LaFamilleBelier


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3	''La Famille Bélier'' is a 2014 French-Belgian drama, comedy and romance film directed by Éric Lartigau.
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5	Uniquely for her family, Paula Bélier (Louane Emera) can hear. Her deaf family (Karin Viard, François Damiens, Luca Gelberg) communicates in UsefulNotes/SignedLanguage, and she is their interpreter. However, she gets distanced from the family the day that, for the sake of following a LoveInterest, she joins the school choir and discovers that she is actually good at singing.
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7	A smash hit in France upon its release, the film ended up getting an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward winning [[ForeignRemake U.S. remake]], ''Film/{{CODA\|2021}}''.
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9	!!This film provides examples of:
10	* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The theme song for the Japanese release is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYdVpFvsohk "Seishun no Tsubasa"]] by MACO.
11	* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Gigi and Rodolphe Bélier really embarrass their daughter when she brings home Gabriel, the classmate she loves secretly.
12	* TheCavalry: [[spoiler:During Paula's singing concourse, Thomasson arriving just in time to play a song the local pianist doesn't know]] almost qualifies as a DeusExMachina.
13	* ComingOfAgeStory: Paula Bélier experiences her first serious arguments with her parents, her first love... She has to make an important choice to start a musical career.
14	* EiffelTowerEffect: When the family arrives in Paris.
15	* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Paula is a hard-working girl with dreams of her own and has light blonde hair.
16	* HappilyMarried: Gigi and Rodolphe Bélier
17	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: M. Thomasson despises and insults the students, but he will do everything he can to help Paula Bélier pass the singing contest.
18	* MayorPain: Lapidus despises deaf people and promotes industrial development, which harms the farmers. His bumbling, unpleasant, and dishonest actions repeatedly set Rodolphe off, to the point where he decides to run against the man, despite being unable to make campaign speeches.
19	* MetaCasting: Louane Emera as Paula Bélier, a normal girl who participates in a contest to become a professional singer.
20	* MomentKiller: A tryst between Paula's brother and best friend is put on urgent hold when it turns out her brother is allergic to latex condoms.
21	* ParentalSexualitySquick: Paula Bélier has to attend the gynecological consultation of her parents.
22	* ShipperOnDeck: Thomasson gives Paula and Gabriel a duet song with a dance for them to practice alone. The song is called "Je vais t'aimer", literally "I'm going to love you".
23	* SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy: Paula Bélier wants Gabriel.
24	* TalentContest: Thomasson encourages Paula Bélier to participate in a singing contest organized by Radio France.
25	* UglyGuyHotWife: Gigi and Rodolphe Bélier.
26	* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The ending credits shows photos of the characters' situation after the movie. [[spoiler:Rodolphe was elected as mayor, Thomasson married the Spanish teacher, Mathilde remains in love with Quentin, and Paula and Gabriel do the same.]]
27	* WholePlotReference: A 1996 German film called ''Film/BeyondSilence'' involved a young girl, the hearing child of deaf parents, who often has to act as their translator. The girl develops a talent for music (in this instance, she plays the clarinet) and her teachers encourage her talent, but this opens a distance between her and her family, especially when she has to go to the capital (in this case, Berlin) to go to music school. The hurt feelings are soothed when the girl's father shows up to see her big audition for the music school.

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