COPACABANA

Babou (Isabelle Huppert) lives on her own terms, disregarding jobs, responsibility, or convention. But when she discovers that her daughter Esméralda (played by Huppert’s real-life daughter, Lolita Chammah) is too ashamed to invite her to her wedding, Babou decides to prove she can change. Taking a job as a timeshare salesperson on Belgium’s gray seaside, she unexpectedly excels as a model employee, but her irrepressible nature soon disrupts her newfound stability. Huppert’s award-winning performance imbues Babou with irresistible magnetism, embodying both the heroine’s folly and untamed spirit. At the same time, the fast-paced editing mirrors Babou’s restless rhythm, in a comedy rooted in the contrast between her imaginary longing for exotic places and the deliberately melancholic landscapes of Copacabana's setting.