Wendy Ide 

Souvenir review – nul points for Huppert

Isabelle Huppert fails to convince as a former Eurovision singer who’s persuaded to return to the stage
  
  

Isabelle Huppert in Souvenir
Isabelle Huppert: a false note too many. Photograph: film company handout

Even the great Isabelle Huppert can have a misfire, it seems. In this drama, she plays a former singer who narrowly missed Eurovision greatness. Now, 30 years later, she toils in a pâté factory, comfortable with the drudge work and obscurity punctuated with shots of numbing booze. Huppert is impressive, up to a point. The point being when, prompted by a 21-year-old co-worker, she returns to the stage. For all the sparkly sheath dresses and camp torch songs, she simply fails to convince as a pop singer.

 

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