Joséphine, Pregnant & Fabulous

2016 French film

10 February 2016 (2016-02-10)^[1]

Running time

90 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrenchBudget$11.6 million^[2]Box office$5.8 million^[3]

Joséphine s'arrondit (literally, Joséphine gets rounder) is a 2016 French romantic comedy film directed by Marilou Berry. It is the sequel to the 2013 film Joséphine.

Plot

Joséphine finally found her "perfect-man-non-smoking-good-cook-who-love-cats"! Her life is perfect... 'til she discovers that she's pregnant. Lots of new hardships await her: new responsibilities, her "depressed-has-been-living-with-her-for-two-years" sister, to find a job, how to keep her guy, not mess up with her friends…

Cast

Marilou Berry as Joséphine
Mehdi Nebbou as Gilles
Sarah Suco as Sophie
Cyril Guei as Cyril
Medi Sadoun as Marc
Bérengère Krief as Chloé
Josiane Balasko as Joséphine's mother
Patrick Braoudé as Joséphine's father
Vanessa Guide as Diane
Victoria Abril as Gilles's mother
Caroline Anglade as Alexandra
Catherine Jacob as Anne de Bauvallet
Zahia Dehar as Lola
Lise Lamétrie as The crèche manager

Production

The film was shot in June and July 2015.^[4]^[5]^[6] It was first shown on 15 January 2016 at the "Festival International du Film de l'Alpe d'Huez" ("International Festival of film of l'Alpe d'Huez") before the general release in France on 10 February 2016.

The film is the debut of Marilou Berry as a director. Berry's real-life mother Josiane Balasko played her mother in the film.

References

^ "Joséphine s'arrondit".
^ "Josphine s'arrondit (2016) - JPBox-Office".
^ "Joséphine, Pregnant & Fabulous".
^ Sadoun, Medi [@MediSadoun] (June 3, 2015). "@ugcdistribution #josephineestenceinte #marilouberry http://t.co/rycfXzUpsk" (Tweet). Retrieved 29 December 2020 – via Twitter.
^ Anglade, Caroline [@carolineanglade] (June 10, 2015). "Merciiiiii à @marilouberry pour ce tournage de ouf !!!!! 😊#josephineestenceinte #castingdedingue #happyme #asuivre http://t.co/kGzYi1q0Gz" (Tweet) (in French). Retrieved 29 December 2020 – via Twitter.
^ Anglade, Caroline [@carolineanglade] (June 1, 2015). "Tournage de "Josephine est enceinte" de et avec Marilou Berry !! @VanessaGuide 😜😊😘 http://t.co/BGcgc3A9zN" (Tweet) (in French). Retrieved 29 December 2020 – via Twitter.