Loved the storyline, sweet but not cheesy, not your standard teen drama, but offering a genuinely valuable insight into the fears and hopes that go through the minds of young people. It has the added interest of providing the rarely seen perspective of a deaf family. The French is very accessible, so I would recommend it for French learners at either A2 european level (onwards) or working towards their French GCSE (use French subtitles!). It creates valuable cultural links in the classroom to both Michel Sardou´s classic songs, and to new teen celebrity Louane Emera, a finalist to the French version of The Voice. Definitely worth a watch :)

A hearing daughter, Paula Belier (Louane Emera), was born to deaf parents and has a younger deaf brother in rural France. Being fluent in sign language and French, she acts as the family interpreter and bridge to the outside world – whether it is a doctor's appointment or dealing with customers in the market when they sell their farm produce. Not only can Paula speak, but she also has a gift in singing, as discovered by her music teacher, who decides to train her and a fellow classmate for admission into the Maitrise de Radio France, an elite choir in Paris. Now Paula has to struggle between leaving the family for Paris to pursue her dream in singing or stay home to care for her family who depends so much on her. In the meantime, there seems to be some teenage romance going on …Very swift tempo and lots of comedy when Paula links her family with the world outside. But it gets serious and tear jerking when we witness her torn between fulfilling her dreams and leaving the family she loves. It gets touching when her deaf father begins to "hear" her sing and finally realizes their daughter need to live her own life.Totally entertaining and absolutely moving with beautiful singing. The songs fit beautifully with the script. Also great acting from the cast, especially Louane Emera who sings like an angel. Paula's parents and younger brother are very convincing too. Highly recommended and bring some tissue paper.

I only watched this movie for the plump sexy French girl featuring in it. Her parents in the movie put me off for they came across like very childish in their behavior, in sheer contrast to the former actress. The movie made the parents come across like utter retards, deaf ape-like mongoloids who only want to have sex all day and night. I know it's not like that, but it certainly looked as if we were beholding some adolescent little bo-beep trying to "herd" her deaf and dumb flock of three. The paraphrased sentence in this movie "how did your parents cope before you were born?" is key essence. Without spoiling anything there, watch it and be disappointed. It kinda reminded me of that series with Corky Fletcher, the mongoloid/down syndrome bloke, and his parents and sister - this time from another angle. Deaf people are not stupid, but my personal experience is that they are spoiled, because the hearing pay too much attention to them. They have some serious issues.

I loved the film, I went to the films just to disconnect and that film Was like a renewal for me to finish my awful workweek. Is the kind of film that make you laugh a lot and touch you as well. I totally recommend it, in French language of course. The little girl will conquest you, because of her naturally behavior and the rest of the family will make you smile from the beginning. The filmmaker hold the public on the whole film with an adorable mixture of empathy, love, fun and sadness. The belier Family is one of the greatest French films in the last ten years, which is capable to conquest the world as Amelie or untouchable did before.