Paulette

Paulette lives alone in a housing project in the Paris suburbs. With her meager pension, she can no longer make ends meet.

Cast

Bernadette Lafont

as Paulette

Carmen Maura

as Maria

Dominique Lavanant

as Lucienne

Françoise Bertin

as Renée

André Penvern

as Walter

Axelle Laffont

as Agnès

Paco Boublard

as Vito

Jean-Baptiste Anoumon

as Ousmane

Aymen Saïdi

as Rachid

Ismaël Dramé

as Léo (7 ans)

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