A Happy Event
A Happy Event
A Happy Event
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2011
1h 47m
6.0(226 votes)
Drama
Comedy

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.

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Production Companies

Gaumont
France 2 Cinéma
SCOPE Pictures
RTBF
Mandarin Cinéma

Videos & Trailers

1 video

Cast & Crew

26 members
Acting

Louise Bourgoin

Barbara

Louise Bourgoin
Acting

Pio Marmaï

Nicolas

Pio Marmaï
Acting

Josiane Balasko

Claire

Josiane Balasko
Acting

Thierry Frémont

Tony

Thierry Frémont
Acting

Gabrielle Lazure

Édith

Gabrielle Lazure
Acting

Firmine Richard

La sage-femme

Firmine Richard
Acting

Anaïs Croze

Daphné

Anaïs Croze
Acting

Daphné Bürki

Katia - la soeur de Barbara

Daphné Bürki
Acting

Lannick Gautry

Le docteur Camille Rose

Lannick Gautry
Acting

Nicole Valberg

La gynécologue

Nicole Valberg
Acting

Louis-Do de Lencquesaing

Jean-François Truffard - le prof de philo

Louis-Do de Lencquesaing
Acting

Ophélie Koering

La vendeuse du sex-shop

Ophélie Koering
Acting

Amélie Glenn

La vendeuse du Maman à Tous Prix

Amélie Glenn
Acting

Patrick Spadrille

Daniel

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Bruno Georis

Le docteur Marcaurel

Bruno Georis
Acting

Dominique Baeyens

Mme Tordjmann - la voisine

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Acting

Michel Nabokoff

M. Tordjman - le voisin

Michel Nabokoff
Acting

Aïssatou Diop

Une femme membre du Club du Lait

Aïssatou Diop
Acting

Fanny Hanciaux

Une femme membre du Club du Lait

Fanny Hanciaux
Acting

Laure Voglaire

Une femme membre du Club du Lait

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Acting

Marcos Adamantiadis

Un dépanneur de chez Darty

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Erika Sainte

La présentatrice TV

Erika Sainte
Acting

Eric Larcin

Roger - le dépanneur du frigo

Eric Larcin
Acting

Naïma Ostrowski

L'anésthétiste

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Nell Van Houtte

Barbara à 4 ans

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Myriem Akheddiou

L'infirmière de la maternité

Myriem Akheddiou

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