La Famille Bélier

[callmemadam]

Yesterday evening, I watched a charming little French film: La Famille Bélier. Teenage Paula lives on the family farm, a lovely old-fashioned place of mixed farming. The very first scene shows her helping with a calving (her father names the calf Obama). She’s a capable girl and she needs to be. Both her parents and her brother are deaf and she has to interpret for them, often tactfully toning down the very rude things her parents have signed. Then the school music teacher discovers that she has a good voice and wants her to audition for prestigious training in Paris. When she finally tells her parents this, her mother goes berserk (both parents are quite eccentric) and poor Paula is torn between love and duty and her own ambition. Add in some teenage angst and boy trouble and you have a film which is both funny and touching. It’s on Prime.

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[gwendraith]

Thanks for the heads up on the film which sounds good. I can't watch it until I have proper WiFi and Internet, hopefully this week. Rob has done his magic and rigged me up with something to use fo the basics but streaming isn't an option. I have been meaning to at least email you to thank you for the wonderful card, as always it seems personal to me :) I honestly haven't had a moment since I got here and the poor boys haven't stopped since arriving at Ely last Tuesday lunchtime. They are taking today off before going back to work tomorrow (although Daniel got me a few essentials in Tesco when they did their weekly shop). I have so much to tell but it can wait for a proper post. x

[callmemadam]

I'm so happy you're safely in! It's a drag waiting for a proper broadband connection but with luck it won't be too long. I think you've coped wonderfully well with it all and the boys deserve medals. I look forward to hearing more.

So glad the card arrived safely and that you liked it. I hope you've had a day off, too :-)

[gwendraith]

Not really had a day off. I've unpacked five more boxes (still about 20 to do) cleaned the bathroom, made the kitchen more presentable, registered online with the new surgery and ordered several items including light shades :)