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Paulina Is Leaving is a french film of genre Drama directed by André Téchiné with Bulle Ogier
Paulina Is Leaving (1975)
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Add to a movie listPaulina Is Leaving (French: Paulina s'en va) is a 1969 French drama film written and directed by André Téchiné, starring Bulle Ogier and Marie-France Pisier. It marked Téchiné’s debut as a director. It remains Téchiné's less known film, since it was only very briefly release to theaters in 1975, six years after its premiered at the Venice Film Festival. It has neither rereleased nor ever transferred to video.
The title refers to Paulina leaving both the household she shared with her brothers and the world of sanity. The film was partially inspired by Jean Pierre Melville’s 1950 adaptation of Jean Cocteau’s Les Enfants Terribles.
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Paulina leaves the apartment where she lives with her two brothers, Nicolas and Olivier. Her departure is mark by chaotic and sometimes violent confrontations. In a café, she meets a mysterious stranger who works in a nearby psychiatric clinic. There, she is introduced by a nurse and made to answer a questionnaire which she views on a cinema screen, the words printed on a purple background.Actors
Bulle Ogier
(Paulina)
Marie-France Pisier
(Isabelle)
Michèle Moretti
(The nurse)
Laura Betti
(Hortense)
Yves Beneyton
(Nicolas)
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