KARIN VIARD

THE BÉLIER FAMILY (2015)
Starring Louane Emera, FranÇois Damiens, Karin Viard and Eric Elmosnino. Directed by Eric Lartigau.

In the Beliér family, everyone is deaf, except dutiful sixteen-year-old Paula. She acts as an indispensible interpreter for her parents and younger brother, especially in the running of the family dairy farm.

Though her salt-of-the-earth father has decided to run for mayor - spurred on by her vivacious but over-involved mother, portrayed by the wonderful Karin Viard - Paula’s attentions are very much elsewhere. She’s witnessed the handsome new boy at school sign up for the choir, and impulsively joined too. It’s not long before her music teacher discovers her considerable talent, however his encouragement only exacerbates the matter of Paula’s independence...

REVIEWS The Bélier Family - Simple perfection

DELICATESSEN (1992)
Starring Dominique Pinon, Marie-Laure Dougnac, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Karin Viard, Ticky Holgado, Pascal Benezech, Edith Ker, Rufus, Jacques Mathou and Chick Ortega. Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro.

This bizarre surrealistic black comedy takes place in a small fictitious post-apocalyptic town where food is scarce and butcher Clapet has the macabre business of using human flesh to feed his customers. Yet when his daughter falls in love with his next slaughter victim things turn into chaos.

MARIA INTO LIFE
Starring Karin Viard and Grégory Gadebois. Directed by Lauriane Escaffre and Yvonnick Muller.

Maria prides herself on hard work and devotion. Kind-hearted and a little clumsy, she has always been a cleaning lady. But she has a secret passion. Hidden inside the little red book she takes everywhere are poems she writes but shares with no one, especially not with her indifferent husband. When Maria gets a job on the cleaning crew at the prestigious Paris Beaux-Arts fine arts academy, she is enchanted by its grandeur and beauty. She befriends its students, and hits it o! with Hubert - the school’s eccentric long-time custodian, obsessed with mastering the iconic dance moves of Elvis Presley. A new world opens up to Maria and changes everything as she rediscovers herself.