Paulette

• Crime
• Comedy

A seemingly isolated pensioner in the Parisian banlieue unexpectedly finds herself entangled with a young drug dealer after a chance encounter. This isn’t a gritty crime drama, but a surprisingly gentle comedy exploring an unlikely friendship born of economic desperation and mutual respect. Paulette, rather than becoming a victim, shrewdly navigates the criminal underworld, leveraging her experience and a surprising business acumen to improve her life and, unexpectedly, offer a degree of stability to the struggling dealer. The film avoids typical genre tropes, presenting a heartwarming and often hilarious portrait of intergenerational connection and unconventional resourcefulness against a backdrop of urban marginalization, culminating in a quietly hopeful subversion of expectations.