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Released
2014 · FILM

The Bélier Family

Deaf teenage translator Paula must choose between her family's farm and a chance at stardom when her hidden singing talent lands her in a national competition, forcing her to confront loyalty, love, and the silence that defines her world.

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Runtime
105 min
Language
FR
ComedyDramaMusic

Synopsis

The Bélier family is entirely deaf, with the exception of sixteen-year-old Paula, who serves as a crucial translator in her parents' daily lives, particularly in matters related to their family farm. When her music teacher recognizes her remarkable singing voice and encourages her to enter a major Radio France competition, the family's future begins to shift in significant ways.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 24

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Jennifer AugeShot by Romain WindingScored by Evgueni GalperineDesigned by Olivier Radot

Box Office

2014 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 6.6× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$72.8M

Budget$11.0M
Worldwide gross$72.8M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $72.8M 100% of worldwide · International: $24K (0%)

Also known as

  • Verstehen Sie die Béliers?de
  • The Bélier Familyen
  • La Familia Bélieres
  • La famiglia Bélierit

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