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GLOBAL RHYTHMS

The Over the Hill Band

GEOFFREY ENTHOVEN
Belgium, 2009, 93 minutes, Color, film's website

After her husband's sudden death, Claire has an intriguing idea: The almost-septuagenarian will reunite "The Sisters of Love," her pop vocal trio of 50 years ago. The other two singers agree, easygoing Magda embracing the plan more quickly than uptight Lutgard. But there's a complication: Claire's son, a failed musician and producer, wants to update the threesome's music with his own raunchy funk and hip-hop material. The three women are skeptical, but once they learn to strut their inner Beyoncé, their music and their lives both get sexier. Magda's husband becomes more solicitous, Claire finds a new beau, and even Lutgard, a children's church choir director, gets into the groove. Their return to showbiz is highlighted by an upcoming television talent show in which the producer has entered them as "The Over the Hill Band." —Mark Jenkins

In Flemish with English subtitles

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