Paul & Paulette Take a Bath

A quirky, morbidly playful stroll through Paris that finds warmth in dark corners and keeps you pleasantly off-balance.

Directed by

Jethro Massey

Genres

Comedy, Romance, Drama

Starring

Marie Benati, Jérémie Galiana, Laurence Vaissiere

Tagline

Paris will never seem the same again.

Overview

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.

How it feels

Dark, whimsical, romantic and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Obsession, trauma, identity, love

Content

Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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