Paddy (1999)
Directed by Gérard Mordillat

Drama

Film Synopsis

Paddy still hasn't come to terms with the death of her lover, Ben.  Neither has Ben's other lover, Jean.  Since losing Ben, Paddy and Jean have lived together, bound to one another by a mixture of passion and hatred.  When Ben's young sister Dorothée turns up, it is as if an angel has just dropped in from the sky.  But there are two kinds of angel: good and bad...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Gérard Mordillat
  • Script: Gérard Mordillat, Jérôme Prieur, Henri Thomas (novel)
  • Cinematographer: Laurent Barès
  • Music: Jean-Claude Petit
  • Cast: Marc Barbé (Jean), Julie Gayet (Paddy), Julie Jézéquel (Rose), Jacques Pater (Baecker), Florence Thomassin (Norma), Luc Thuillier (Paul), Julia Vaidis-Bogard (Dorothée), Ariane Ascaride (La caissière), Laurent Bouhnik (L'ingénieur usine), Dan Franck (Le directeur du supermarché), Agoumi Meziane (Le collègue de Jean), Martine Flamand (La femme de l'ingénieur), Mathias Mégard (Ben), Camille Piccoli (La speakerine licenciement), Sid Ahmed Agoumi
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 90 min

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