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!
Filmmaker
Léonor Serraille
After studying literature in Lyon, Paris and Barcelona, she joined La Fémis in 2009. On graduating, she directed a medium-length film shot on 16mm, Body, with Nathalie Richard. Montparnasse Bienvenüe, her graduation script and first feature film with Laetitia Dosch in the title role, was awarded the Caméra d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Her second feature, Mother and Son, was presented in Official Competition at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
Filmography: Ari (2025, D'A 2026), Mother and Son (2022), Montparnasse Bienvenüe (2017, D'A 2018), Body (mid-length, 2016)
