A Happy Event
Genres
Overview
She drove me into a corner, then forced me to go beyond my limits. She made me confront the absolute: love, sacrifice, tenderness, abandonment. She dislocated me, transformed me. Why didn't anyone warn me? Why doesn't anyone ever talk about this?" Un heureux événement, or an intimate view of motherhood, sincere and with no taboos.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$3929796
Runtime
107 min
Release Date
2011-09-27
Status
Released
Original Language
French
Vote Count
222
Vote Average
6.045
Louise Bourgoin
Barbara
Pio Marmaï
Nicolas
Josiane Balasko
Claire
Thierry Frémont
Tony
Gabrielle Lazure
Édith
Firmine Richard
La sage-femme
Anaïs Croze
Daphné
Daphné Bürki
Katia - la soeur de Barbara
Lannick Gautry
Le docteur Camille Rose
Nicole Valberg
La gynécologue
Louis-Do de Lencquesaing
Jean-François Truffard - le prof de philo
Ophélie Koering
La vendeuse du sex-shop
Amélie Glenn
La vendeuse du Maman à Tous Prix
Patrick Spadrille
Daniel
Bruno Georis
Le docteur Marcaurel
Dominique Baeyens
Mme Tordjmann - la voisine
Michel Nabokoff
M. Tordjman - le voisin
Aïssatou Diop
Une femme membre du Club du Lait
Fanny Hanciaux
Une femme membre du Club du Lait
Laure Voglaire
Une femme membre du Club du Lait
Marcos Adamantiadis
Un dépanneur de chez Darty
Erika Sainte
La présentatrice TV
Eric Larcin
Roger - le dépanneur du frigo
Naïma Ostrowski
L'anésthétiste
Nell Van Houtte
Barbara à 4 ans
Myriem Akheddiou
L'infirmière de la maternité
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