The Baileyards live in a small town in France, and they make a living raising cows and selling cheese. Because Mr. Bellier, his wife and son are all deaf and mute, and only his daughter Paula is a normal person, paula is basically responsible for the family's external communication.
Paula is in high school this year, but she's not studying well because she's busy. During the day, I have to go to school, and after school, I have to go to the market with my family to sell cheese, my father is responsible for carrying heavy objects, my mother is responsible for smiling, my brother is responsible for collecting money, and Paula is responsible for communicating with guests. Sometimes I have to get up at night to take care of sick cows.
Her happiest time is riding to school with her headphones on, and music is her best companion to pass the time.
Paula signed up for the choir, and the teacher found that Paula had a talent for singing, and he said to Paula, "You have a naturally good voice, but you need to be taught, do you want to go to Paris to learn to sing?" I haven't had a single student win the race in ten years, but you and Gabriel might have a chance. We are still three months away from the competition performance, which is a short time, but it is possible as long as it is practiced. You are very talented, if you are chosen, you will go to Paris to sing opera, and the school has the best teachers to teach you. What do you think? Not bad, right? ”
But Paula refused, because she was worried about her parents.
Her friend encouraged her, saying that without you, her parents could take care of themselves, and if you gave up the singing competition, you would have to sell cheese for the rest of your life.
Paula began to check the conservatory in Paris, listening to the repertoire of the competition, and she went to the teacher and said: Mr. Thomason, I want to participate in the competition.
But she didn't tell her parents.
Paula practices with her teacher at six o'clock every night, including weekend holidays.
One day, halfway through the translation, she left her parents behind and asked them to communicate with outsiders with pen and paper.
She braved the heavy rain to rush to the teacher's house, because she was late, the teacher refused to see Paula, and when she returned home, her mother pulled her to ask her to apologize to her father, saying that you were happy to meet your lover and leave us at home.
Paula said I wasn't in a relationship, I was going to a French radio singing competition and then going to the Paris Singing School for three months, and my music teacher Thomason thought I could.
Although her mother was proud that Paula had a good voice, she was afraid that Paula would get into trouble in Paris, where no one would help her.
Dad said: Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, and advised her to relax her heart.
But Mom didn't want Paula to be separated from them.
Gabriel is no longer participating in this year's competition, and the original chorus has been changed to solo.
Paula asked: Teacher, do I really have talent?
The teacher said: Paula, I may not be able to do other things, but I am an expert in this regard.
Paula was practicing at home when her mother suddenly burst in and hugged her with a stack of sweaters and asked her to wash herself.
Paula went to help dad, who ignored her and said his friend Rossini would learn to help him run for mayor as a translator, "We have to learn to adapt to your absence." ”
Paula's singing has not improved because of too much thought, friends have translated for dad and translated so that voters are disappointed in dad, brother is allergic to shock because he touched milk, mom also feels that she is not a good mother, did not teach Paula to understand the value of the family and blamed herself for being just a deaf and mute, it is all her fault.
Paula said: You are not a bad mother, you are a perfect mother.
Mom asked: Then why did you go to Paris? I'm going to live with you for the rest of my life. What did I do wrong?
Paula said: Mom, on the contrary, I have to thank you and Dad for letting me choose, it is the talent you gave me, but I don't want to sell cheese for a lifetime!
Dad put his arm around Mom and said, "Well, if you go, we'll be fine ourselves."
Paula approached the teacher again and said she had given up on the competition.
The teacher asked her to think again, but she changed into farm clothes and returned home to help her father work again, but she was not happy.
Gabriel came to Paula and told him that he wanted to continue singing with Paula and compete with him, and his teacher encouraged him to do so.
Paula agreed.
During the school's internal performance, the teacher invited the parents of the choir's students to listen to the children sing together.
In the front chorus, Mom and Dad couldn't hear the sound, everyone applauded them and they also clapped, everyone laughed and they laughed together, but they didn't find it funny or happy, Mom was bored looking at the nail polish on her hands, Dad laughed and flirted with Mom.
But in the duet of Paula and Gabriel, although the sound was still not heard, Mom and Dad saw that many of the audience around them were in tears, and after they finished singing, everyone stood up and applauded, they knew that their daughter sang very well, and the daughter really enjoyed standing on the stage and singing.
After the singing, the music teacher came over and whispered to Paula: Well done, we can participate in the competition, but tomorrow morning at ten o'clock to go to the audition. Then the teacher said to Mom and Dad: Your daughter has a very good voice, but you are not helping much, just ruining.
Mom asked the teacher what she was talking about.
Paula said he was thanking you.
Mom and Dad said some words of thanks to the teacher and left, but Dad could read the lips, and he understood what the teacher was saying.
Back home, Dad came to Paula alone, and he touched Paula's throat for her to sing again.
Dad hadn't slept all night, and the next morning at five o'clock he woke up his daughter and asked her to take her to Paris.
The family got into the car together, and although they were late, they finally caught up with the audition.
Paula sang a song called "Go Away and Fly High": "Dear Mom and Dad, I am gone, I love you, but I am leaving, from tonight you have no children, I am not fleeing, I am going to fly high, please understand, I am going to fly." No smoke, no wine, just flying...
She added sign language, and her parents watched from below
Mom looked at me carefully last night, with a worried look on her face, as if she had a premonition that I was leaving, but in fact she was aware of it and listened to me. I said I was fine. So calm and calm, she pretended not to know, and Dad smiled helplessly. Don't look back, just drift away, stop after stop, and finally come to the Atlantic... Dear Mom and Dad, I'm gone, I love you guys, but I'm leaving..."
Mom and Dad listened to tears.
After the family embraced each other, they stood at the door and watched their daughter leave the house and embark on a journey to chase their dreams...