Synopsis
Broke, with nothing but her cat to her name and doors closing in her face, Paula is back in Paris after a long absence. As she meets different people along the way, there is one thing she knows for sure: she's determined to make a new start and she'll do it with style and panache.
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Cast
- Laetitia DoschPaula
- Grégoire MonsaingeonJoachim
- Souleymane Seye NdiayeOusmane
- Léonie SimagaYuki
- Erika SainteLila's Mother
- Lila-Rose GilbertiLila
- Audrey BonnetDoctor
- Nathalie RichardPaula's Mother
- Jean-Christophe FollyER Doctor
- Arnaud de CazesNurse
Recommendations
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Variety
Serraille studied literature before switching to cinema, and her sharp attention to the detail distinguishes Jeune femme from so many first-time indie features. - 90
Variety
Serraille studied literature before switching to cinema, and her sharp attention to the detail distinguishes Jeune femme from so many first-time indie features. - 83
The Playlist
Dosch, though she’s been appearing more and more in French films of recent years (including Maïwenn’s “My King”), will make heads turn in the role of her career thus far. Her Paula is instantly charming, never too outrageous, hilarious and supremely sympathetic. She will steal your heart. - 83
The Playlist
Dosch, though she’s been appearing more and more in French films of recent years (including Maïwenn’s “My King”), will make heads turn in the role of her career thus far. Her Paula is instantly charming, never too outrageous, hilarious and supremely sympathetic. She will steal your heart. - 80
CineVue
Serraille avoids every miserablist cul-de-sac and tries for something much more radical: optimism. - 80
Screen Daily
This first film by writer-director Léona Serraille is full of snap and surprises. - 80
Time Out
French director Léonor Serraille’s debut film could easily have been unbearably twee. The fact that it isn’t, at all, is a tribute both to her unsentimental storytelling, and to the prickly strength of Laetitia Dosch’s central performance. - 80
Empire
Thrillingly capturing both time and place and fizzing with non-judgemental empathy and cinematic flair, this is a magnificent debut that catapults Laetitia Dosch into the front rank of French actresses.
