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Actors: Dora van der Groen, Ann Petersen
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Pauline and Paulette |
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Pauline is a "little girl of 66." Mentally retarded since birth, she has been in the care of her sister Martha, but when Martha dies, her two other sisters Paulette and Cecilia have to decide what to do. Martha's will stipulates that if one or both of the other sisters takes in Paulette and cares for her, Martha's estate will be divided evenly between the three survivors; but if Pauline gets put in an institution, she gets everything. Paulette has a fabric shop and likes to sing and act in operettas; Cecilia lives in Brussels and is seeing a French businessman. Neither is eager to care for simple, likable, but barely functioning Pauline. Van der Groen does an amazing job of acting as a retarded elderly woman, while Petersen is merely excellent as the put-upon Paulette. This Belgian movie released in 2000 is quiet, exquisitely delicate, and strictly for grownup sensibilities.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Pauline and Paulette |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Family, caring for sick?
Yes
Who is sick?
- Sister
because he/she is
- mentally ill
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- 60's-90's
Hair color?
- white
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) skinny
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Dutch
Intelligence
- Retarded
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- white/grey
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) fat
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Setting
Europe
Yes
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Non-American film?
Yes
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- None
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