Fonzy

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Fonzy
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Film poster
Directed byIsabelle Doval
Written byIsabelle Doval
José Garcia
Martin Petit
Ken Scott
Karine de Demo
Produced byOdile McDonald
Alain Pancrazi
StarringJosé Garcia
CinematographyGilles Henry
Edited byGuerric Catala
Music by André Manoukian
Distributed by StudioCanal [1]
Release date
  • 30 October 2013 (2013-10-30)(France)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$9 million [2]
Box office$3.6 million [3]

Fonzy is a 2013 French comedy film about a fish deliveryman in Paris becomes involved in a legal battle with his sperm donation children. The film is a remake of the Quebecois film Starbuck (2011).

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Plot

Twenty years ago, Diego Costa, under the pseudonym "Fonzy", repeatedly donated sperm to the sperm bank. Today, at 42, he is a deliveryman in a family-owned fishmonger and leads a teenage irresponsible and blundering life. While his wife Elsa learns that she is pregnant, his past resurfaces. Diego discovers he is the father of 533 children, 142 of them want to know who is Fonzy.

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