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A former beauty queen deals with financial and romantic struggles, embarking on a road trip filled with chance encounters and renewed relationships.
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Now in her early sixties, former beauty queen Bettie finds herself jilted by her lover and left alone to deal with the financial problems facing her family’s restaurant. What begins as a quick drive to clear her head turns into a full-fledged road trip. Along the way there are chance meetings, an ex-Miss gala, renewed ties with her estranged daughter and grandson, and possibly, at the end of the road, love.
"The strength of the movie lies in the performance of Catherine Deneuve, an icon of French cinema. Watching 'Ela Vai' is, more than anything else, a tribute to the actress's work, as well as a story that inevitably touches the older audience. The story is starring Bettie, a woman already in her 60s who goes through financial and romantic difficulties but decides to hit the road to overcome it all. The direction is by Emmanuelle Bercot, who has accumulated good works in front and behind the cameras - it is hers, for example, '150 Milligrams'."