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Paul and Paulette Take a Bath

Synopsis

An unconventional romantic comedy about a young American photographer and a French girl with a taste for the macabre. Paul and Paulette’s chance encounter on a Parisian boulevard sparks an unusual friendship that grows around a dark game; re-enacting scenes of notorious crimes from bygone eras at the sites they occurred. For Paul, the game is a way of getting closer to Paulette. For Paulette, it’s a way of escaping a painful break-up with her girlfriend, and of processing her own inherited trauma. As their morbid road trip approaches the more recent past it becomes more uncomfortable, blurring the lines between reality and fantasy, but finding a surprising joy in the darker corners of humanity.
Official Selection Venice Critics' Week 2024 - World premiere

Details

Year
2024
Type of project
Features
Running time
109 min
Format
4K
Director
Jethro Massey 1st Feature
Producer
Jethro Massey
Editor
Julien Chardon
Screenwriter
Jethro Massey
Director of Photography
Isarr Eiriksson, Marius Dahl
Sound
Christophe d'Ornellas
Composer
Marc Tassell, Julien Décoret
Principal cast
Marie Benati, Jérémie Galiana, Fanny Cottençon, Gilles Graveleau, Laurence Vaissière
Assistant Director
Laure-Elie Chénier-Moreau
Film Title Note
Film title should read - Paul & Paulette Take a Bath

Genre

LGBTQIA+ Comedy Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Film Fabric

2E Leswin Place
Stoke Newington
London
N16 7NJ

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