Paulette (2012)
Director
Jérôme Enrico
Main cast
Bernadette Lafont; Carmen Maura; Dominique Lavanant; Françoise Bertin; André Penvern
Genres
Crime, Comedy
Description
Paulette lives alone in a housing project in the Paris suburbs. With her meager pension, she can no longer make ends meet.
Jérôme Enrico
Main cast
Bernadette Lafont; Carmen Maura; Dominique Lavanant; Françoise Bertin; André Penvern
Genres
Crime, Comedy
Description
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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