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Paulette

Paulette

20126.51h 27m

Overview

Paulette lives alone in a housing project in the Paris suburbs. With her meager pension, she can no longer make ends meet.

Directed by Jérôme Enrico
Written by Laurie Aubanel, Cyril Rambour, Bianca Olsen
Box Office0Revenue: $29K

Top Cast

Bernadette Lafont

Bernadette Lafont

Paulette

Carmen Maura

Carmen Maura

Maria

Dominique Lavanant

Dominique Lavanant

Lucienne

F

Françoise Bertin

Renée

André Penvern

André Penvern

Walter

Axelle Laffont

Axelle Laffont

Agnès

Paco Boublard

Paco Boublard

Vito

Jean-Baptiste Anoumon

Jean-Baptiste Anoumon

Ousmane

Aymen Saïdi

Aymen Saïdi

Rachid

I

Ismaël Dramé

Léo (7 ans)

Themes & Keywords

drug dealerstreet gangghettomarijuanaold woman

About Paulette

Paulette is a crime, comedy film released in 2012 exploring themes of drug dealer, street gang, ghetto, marijuana, old woman. Directed by Jérôme Enrico, it stars Bernadette Lafont, Carmen Maura, Dominique Lavanant. Paulette lives alone in a housing project in the Paris suburbs. With her meager pension, she can no longer make ends meet.

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