Paulina Is Leaving (1969)

4.0/10 90 min Drama

Overview

Paulina leaves the apartment where she lives with her two brothers, Nicolas and Olivier. Her departure is mark by chaotic and sometimes brutal confrontations. Thrust into a world of madness and violence (or is it gaslighting?), Paulina is shuttled from a psychiatric institution to a brothel, while her brothers become resistance fighters in some enigmatic version of France.

Cast

Bulle Ogier

Paulina

Michèle Moretti

The nurse

Marie-France Pisier

Isabelle

Laura Betti

Hortense

Pascale Ogier

Little girl with candlestick (uncredited)

Yves Beneyton

Nicolas

Dennis Berry

Olivier

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