Fabienne Lichtert

Romy and her grandmother live in a small apartment like two friends. One works in a snack and the other runs an improvised beauty salon in the living room. The day her grandmother has a stroke, Romy has to take over the beauty salon.

It is the day of the Miss Eternal Grace pageant—the beauty contest popularized by the famous Charlène. Cléo, the heavy favorite, is competing under her mother's tyrannical supervision. But as the evening unfolds and the pressure mounts, something cracks within her, allowing a new emotion to surface.

Today is the 167th annual Shedding, a cheerful ceremony that brings all generations together to promote ideological renewal. This year, Ben and her parents will experience it first hand.