Do you understand the Béliers?

Do you understand the Bélier family? is an emotionally authentic feel-good film that celebrates life and captures the hearts of its viewers within minutes, never letting go. Director Éric Lartigau tells a refreshingly funny story from the quiet, yet far from silent, world of the Bélier family, where everyone is deaf except for Paula.

A weekly market somewhere in the French countryside. Behind their cheese stand, as every week, stands the entire Bélier family. While parents Rodolphe and Gigi, along with son Quentin, are notably friendly but very quiet, daughter Paula is much more talkative. The local customers are already used to this and no longer find it surprising that Paula translates customer requests into sign language for her family. After all, everyone in the family is deaf—except for Paula. But the Béliers are a lively, tight-knit bunch and far from accepting things as they are...