Paulette

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Paulette

2012

1h 27m

6.5(412 votes)

Crime

Comedy

Overview

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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Cast & Crew

20 members

Acting

Bernadette Lafont

Paulette

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Carmen Maura

Maria

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Dominique Lavanant

Lucienne

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Françoise Bertin

Renée

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André Penvern

Walter

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Axelle Laffont

Agnès

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Paco Boublard

Vito

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Jean-Baptiste Anoumon

Ousmane

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Aymen Saïdi

Rachid

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Ismaël Dramé

Léo (7 ans)

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Mahamadou Coulibaly

Idriss

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Kamel Laadaili

Momo

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Soufiane Guerrab

Zak

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Samir Trabelsi

Pierrot

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Alexandre Aubry

Tit'Yves

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Christopher Tram

Kun

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Schemci Lauth

Unknown Role

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Mathias Melloul

Unknown Role

Production

Bruno Hodebert

Le fromager

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Rachel Khan

La journaliste du tribunal

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