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3 unusual facts about Thierry Paulin


Thierry Paulin

The 1994 movie J'ai pas sommeil (I Can't Sleep), by director Claire Denis (Chocolat, No Fear No Die) was based on the Paulin case.

There, he started a career as an artist, dressed in drag and singing tunes by his favourite singer, Eartha Kitt.

As Paulin celebrated his 24th birthday, Madame Finalteri unexpectedly recovered, and was able to give an accurate description of her attacker, stating that he was "un métis d'une vingtaine d'année coiffée à la Carl Lewis, avec une boucle d'oreille gauche" (literally "a mix-race man in his twenties, with hair like Carl Lewis and an earring in his left ear").



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