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Paul & Paulette Take a Bath
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Paul & Paulette Take a Bath

2025-09-05 · 109 min · ★ 8.0

Comedy · Romance · Drama

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; reenacting scenes of notorious crimes from bygone eras at the sites they occurred. 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.

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Directors
Jethro Massey
Production companies
Film Fabric
Countries
United Kingdom
Status
Released

Top Cast

Marie BenatiMarie BenatiPaulette
Jérémie GalianaJérémie GalianaPaul
Laurence VaissiereValérie
Gilles GraveleauGilles GraveleauGilles
Fanny CottençonFanny CottençonCharlotte
Margot JosephMargerita
James GerardJames GerardGeorge
Laura BourdeauJuliette
Marc TassellMarc Tassell
Mustapha TaibiMustapha TaibiLandlord
Ralf LegatWalter
Isham ConrathAlex
Natasha CashmanNatasha CashmanSolène

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