If I Were a Boy (film)

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If I Were a Boy
If I Were a Boy movie.jpg
Directed by Audrey Dana
Written by Audrey Dana
Maud Ameline
Starring Audrey Dana
Christian Clavier
Éric Elmosnino
Alice Belaïdi
Joséphine Draï
Production
companies
Fidélité Films
Curiosa Films
Moana Films
Release date
  • 2017 (2017)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office$1,162,912 [1]

If I Were a Boy (French : Si j'étais un homme) is a 2017 film directed by Audrey Dana and starring Audrey Dana, Christian Clavier, Éric Elmosnino, Alice Belaïdi and Joséphine Draï. [2] [3] The film is about a woman who grows a penis. [4] [5]

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Synopsis

Dumped by her husband who wants to start a new life with another woman, Jeanne, 38 and mother of two children, decides to no longer live with a man. While she wakes up at dawn to go to the toilet, she does her business standing up without realizing it until she goes back to bed and discovers that she has a penis. Between fits of laughter with her friend Marcelle and panic attacks at her gynecologist, Jeanne tries as best she can to live with this new situation. But things get more complicated when her colleague Merlin falls in love with her.

Cast

Reception

The film was critically panned and flopped at the box office. [6] [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "If I Were a Boy". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  2. ↑ Yakoubaly, Samya (23 February 2017). "Audrey Dana, son film clashé: "Les critiques m'ont mise par terre"". PurePeople (in French).
  3. ↑ Baronnet, Brigitte (21 January 2017). "Alpe d'Huez 2017 - palmarès: L'Ascension, avec Ahmed Sylla et Alice Belaïdi, grand vainqueur". AlloCiné (in French).
  4. ↑ Samya Yakoubaly (2017-02-23). "Audrey Dana, son film clashé: "Les critiques m'ont mise par terre"". purepeople.com. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  5. ↑ Kevin Boucher (2017-03-02). "Box-office: "Alibi.com" résiste à "Split", "Lion" démarre fort, "Si j'étais un homme" déçoit". Puremédias. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  6. ↑ Samya Yakoubaly (2017-02-23). "Audrey Dana, son film clashé: "Les critiques m'ont mise par terre"". purepeople.com. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  7. ↑ Kevin Boucher (2017-03-02). "Box-office: "Alibi.com" résiste à "Split", "Lion" démarre fort, "Si j'étais un homme" déçoit". Puremédias. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
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