Paul and Paulette Take a Bath

Section: Give Me 5: UK Debuts
Title: Paul and Paulette Take a Bath
Director: Jethro Massey
Cast: Marie Benati, Jérémie Galiana, Laurence Vassière
Duration: 1h 49m
Country: United Kingdom
Language: en
Year: 2024

Paul and Paulette’s chance encounter on a Parisian boulevard sparks an unusual friendship that grows around a dark game. The two youngsters start reenacting 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.