If ordinary parents worry when their children rebel, what worries parents who are themselves rebellious? If they’re like Babou, the free-spirited mother played by Isabelle Huppert here, they worry that their children’s embrace of stability represents a rejection of their countercultural values. Babou’s daughter, who has followed her to exotic locales before returning to France, now wants to marry her boyfriend and live a normal life. She’s embarrassed by Babou’s antics, like putting on a sari to serve an Indian meal, to the point where she has disinvited her to the wedding.
And so Babou, heartbroken by this rejection, takes a job selling time share in a Belgian beach resort to prove that she too can live a responsible life. Babou walks the line between being fun and self-absorbed, but as a film character she (and Huppert) are entirely charming.
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viewed at Ritz 5 [Philadelphia Film Festival] and reviewed 10/16/10
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