Big is Beautiful

Big is Beautiful

What if the real weight to lose was your complexes?

Part of Mince Alors ! - Saga

2012•1h 40m•5.7/10

Comedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.7/10(189)

A resort for individuals who want to lose weight is helps several women discover friendships, acceptance with body image and hard truths.

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Production

Thelma Films, ARD

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Victoria Abril

Victoria Abril

Sophie

Lola Dewaere

Lola Dewaere

Nina

Catherine Hosmalin

Catherine Hosmalin

Émilie

Grégory Fitoussi

Grégory Fitoussi

Gaspard, le mari de Nina

Mehdi Nebbou

Mehdi Nebbou

Dr. Hachemi, le médecin du centre

Julia Piaton

Julia Piaton

Roxane, la sœur de Thomas

Martin Daquin

Martin Daquin

Thomas, le jeune curiste

Pauline Lefèvre

Pauline Lefèvre

Natacha, la styliste

Émilie Gavois-Kahn

Émilie Gavois-Kahn

Nathalie

Raphaël Lenglet

Raphaël Lenglet

Yussuf, l'escort de Sophie

Dominique Besnehard

Dominique Besnehard

Antoine

Alain Stern

Alain Stern

Fred

Barbara Bolotner

Barbara Bolotner

Jessica

Charlotte de Turckheim

Charlotte de Turckheim

Christelle, la patronne du salon de coiffure

Valérie Moreau

Valérie Moreau

Isabelle

Vincent Bowen

Vincent Bowen

Romain

Jean-Baptiste Perichon

Léo

Frédéric Chau

Frédéric Chau

Baptiste, le styliste

Claudine Wilde

Claudine Wilde

Gundrun, la femme de Hans

Pascal Liger

Pascal Liger

Hans, le mari du Gundrun

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