Huppert sings! The radiant, astounding Isabelle Huppert does it again in Bavo Defurne's musical romance. She plays Liliane, a worker at a pâté factory in gritty Ostend, Belgium, who harbors a benign secret: she was once a pop-music star catapulted to prominence via a second-place finish in the kitschy Eurovision song contest three decades ago (no mean feat considering she lost to ABBA).

When young co-worker Jean (Kévin Azais) recognizes her, she initially denies her past. But Jean is a persuasive and, not to mention, handsome fellow: Liliane soon finds herself considering a comeback with Jean as her manager-and burgeoning love interest... It is a credit to Defurne (North Sea Texas) that he lets the amazing Huppert control the film; everything she does here—including her singing—brings pleasure.

"Art-house superstar Isabelle Huppert rounds out a banner 2016 with a delicately heart-tugging performance... [This is] a film that stays sweetly on track by keeping its feet on the ground..." Charles Gant, Screen

Bavo Defurne – Director (January 10 only)