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Léonor Serraille wrote and directed Montparnasse Bienvenue (French: Jeune Femme, ‘Young Woman’) a French dramedy, which had its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2017 Cannes Film Fest, where it won the Caméra d’Or.
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Paula (Laetitia Dosch), a young woman who recently returned to Paris after years living abroad, is forced to forge a new life after being abruptly dumped by her wealthy boyfriend.
When boyfriend Joachim locks her out of their shared apartment, Paula screams and is taken to a mental ward. Escaping the ward she returns to the flat and discovers he has locked out her cat as well.
After years in Mexico, Paula has no job and few friends. She exhausts the little money she has, and angers her friends, she is forced to turns to the mother she ran away from years earlier, only to be quickly rejected.
While riding the subway, she meets Yuki, a femme who mistakes her for former classmate. Desperate for help, Paula plays along and allows Yuki to buy her groceries.
Paula manages to lie her way into a live-in nanny job, though she lacks the necessary qualifications. She takes a second job working at a lingerie store at the mall where she befriends Osman, a security guard who warns her that the women at that store never last long.
Just as things begin to settle for Paula, she faces a series of setbacks. As her relationship with Lila, the child she is nannying, begins to warm up, her relationship with Lila’s mother grows colder. Lila’s mother makes her get rid of her cat, which she gives to Osman.
Paula then discovers she is pregnant and, despite precarious financial situation and lack of a support, she contemplates keeping the child.
Yuki accidentally discovers that Paula is not her former classmate and Paula tearfully apologizes and offers to reimburse her for the money she spent on her. Yuki forgives her and the two have sex. Later, learning from Lila that she is on the verge of being fired, she returns to her mother’s house, this time refusing to be sent away and finally reconnecting with her.
Joachim, who has not heard from Paula for sometime, tracks her down to her job in the mall where she tells him she is pregnant. They meet for dinner, where Joachim offers to take care of her and their child. After the dinner, she goes to Osman’s house to collect her cat and the two kiss.
When she informs Joachim that she has decided to have an abortion, he tries to rape hern but she successfully fights him off. In the end, Paula has the abortion and quits her nanny job.
Cast
Laetitia Dosch as Paula
Grégoire Monsaingeon as Joachim
Souleymane Seye Ndiaye as Osman
Léonie Simaga as Yuki
Erika Sainte as Lila’s mother
Lilas-Rose Gilberti-Poisot as Lila
Audrey Bonnet as doctor
Nathalie Richard as Paula’s mother
Credits:
Directed, written by Léonor Serraille
Written by Léonor Sérraille
Produced by Sandra da Fonseca
Cinematography Emilie Noblet
Edited by Clémence Carré
Music by Julie Roué
Production company: Blue Monday Productions
Distributed by Shellac
Release dates: May 23, 2017 (Cannes); Nov 1, 2017 (France)
Running time: 97 minutes
Budget $1.2 million
Box office $423,747[
New Book about Cannes Film Fest at 80! (May 2027)
Camera d’Or Winners, 1978-Present
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2. Northern Lights (1979), US
3. Adrien’s Story (1980), French
4. Desperado City (1981), West German
5. Half a Life (1982), French
6. The Princess (1983), Hungarian
7. Stranger Than Paradise (1984), US
8. Oriana (1985), Venezuela
9. Noir et Blanc (1986), French (woman)
10. Robinsonada or My English Grandfather (1987), Soviet-Georgian
11. Salaam Bombay! (1988), US-Imndoa (woman)
12. My 20th Century (1989), Hungary (woman)
13. Freeze Die Come to Life (1990)
14. Toto the Hero (1991), Belgium
15. Mac (1992), US
16. The Scent of Green Papaya (1993), Vietnam
17. Coming to Terms with the Dead (1994)
18. The White Balloon (1995), Iran
19. Love Serenade (1996), Australia (woman)
20. Suzaku (1997)
21. Slam (1998), US
22. Marana Simhasanam (1999), Iran
23. Tie
Djomeh (2000)
A Time for Drunken Horses (2000)
24. Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001), Canadian
25. Seaside (2002)
26. Reconstruction (2003), Denmark
27. Or (My Treasure) (2004), Israel (woman)
28. Tie
Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005), US (woman); The Forsaken Land (2005)
30. 12:08 East of Bucharest (2006), Romania
31. Jellyfish (2007), Israel (woman)
32. Hunger (2008), UK (Black)
33. Samson and Delilah (2009)
34. Año bisiesto (Leap Year) (2010), Mexico
35. Las Acacias (2011), Argentine
36. Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012), US
37. Ilo Ilo (2013), Singapore
38. Party Girl (2014), France
39. Land and Shade (2015)
40. Divines (2016)
41. Montparnasse Bienvenue (2017), France
42. Girl (2018), Belgium (Gay director)
43. Our Mothers (2019)
44. Murina (2021)
45. War Pony (2022), US (woman)
46. Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell (2023)
47. Armand (2024)
48. The President’s Cake (2025)
49. ? (to be announced May 24, 2026)
