JEUNE FEMME (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Lætitia Dosch (Summertime), Souleymane Seye Ndiaye (Under the Starry Sky), Grégoire Monsaingeon (Augustine), Jean-Christophe Folly (A French Gigolo), Nathalie Richard (Never Let Me Go), Marie Rémond (Maryline), Léonie Simaga (Copacabana), Lila-Rose Gilberti (Kalinka), Erika Sainte (She Is Not Crying, She Is Singing)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Léonor Serraille (film debut), director, writer; Sandra da Fonseca (As I Open My Eyes), producer; Julie Roué (Le Parc), composer; Emilie Noblet (film debut), cinematographer; Clémence Carré (Alexandre Marius Jacob et Les Travailleurs De La Nuit), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Paula (Dosch) is a 31-year-old Parisian woman who, after being unceremoniously dumped by her boyfriend of ten years, is left wandering the streets of Paris without a job, a home, or a lover. She then sets out to start a new life for herself, only to find that new friends, new jobs, and new everything else do not come so easily…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Actress Lætitia Dosch springs to life on-screen in a breakout performance that some are already heralding as a star-maker if ever there was one.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 18TH MAY 2018

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