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Big is Beautiful is a french film of genre Comedy directed by Charlotte de Turckheim with Victoria Abril

Big is Beautiful (2012)

Big is Beautiful
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Length 1h40
OriginFrance
Genres Comedy
Rating54% 2.7309252.7309252.7309252.7309252.730925

Mince alors! is a 2012 French comedy film, directed by Charlotte de Turckheim and starring Lola Dewaere, Victoria Abril and Catherine Hosmalin.

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The young, round and lovely Nina is married to Gaspard, who, unfortunately, rather likes very thin women. The couple move to Paris and Nina is preparing to launch a sophisticated line of swimwear. Because of her love for her husband, Nina accepts his ambiguous gift: a slimming treatment at Brides-les-Bains, considered "the last hope of the fat". There, she makes two flamboyant friends. Sophie, a lawyer from Marseille who likes to control everything, including herself. Émilie is a caregiver whose weight has begun to affect her health and her love life yet her motto remains, "Big is beautiful".

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