Carving out a fascinating filmography with his uncompromising, intimate character studies, Canadian director Denis Côté returns this year with Paul, a new documentary premiering at the Panorama Dokumente section of Berlinale 2025. Capturing the submissive “Cleaning Simp Paul,” who embarks on doing housework for dominant women as a way to cope with depression, we’re pleased to exclusively debut the first trailer.

Here’s the synopsis: “Paul struggles with depression and social anxiety. He leads a solitary and routine-bound existence spent mostly at home. But, as a big fan of Alice in Wonderland, he is always thinking up new ways to make his world brighter and more ornate. Seeking safety and security, he embarks on an unusual job: doing housework for dominant women. As the submissive ‘Cleaning Simp Paul,’ he succeeds in breaking out of his angst-ridden routine. Obsessed with his Instagram profile, Paul retreats into a self-prescribed, virtual therapeutic fantasy...