This is an attempt to imitate the inimitable, Jacques Tati. Paulette is a life-size blow-up doll. Imagine the rest yourself.
Acting
Michael Lonsdale commits to loving a plastic woman with unsettling sincerity.
Direction
Calderon's Tati mimicry is either homage or crime scene—jury's out.

Director
Gérald Calderon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gérald Calderon was primarily a documentary filmmaker; this remains his only narrative feature, possibly for good reason.
Released four years after Tati's final masterpiece 'Trafic,' this film exists in the shadow of a giant it cannot escape.
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