A Slightly Pregnant Man
French theatrical release poster
FrenchL'Événement le plus important depuis que l'homme a marché sur la Lune
Directed byJacques Demy
Written byJacques Demy
Produced byRaymond Danon
Starring
CinematographyAndréas Winding
Edited byAnne-Marie Cotret
Music byMichel Legrand
Production
companies
  • Lira Films
  • Roas Produzioni
Distributed byFox-Lira (France)
Release dates
  • 20 September 1973 (1973-09-20) (France)
  • 17 November 1973 (1973-11-17) (Italy)
Running time
92 minutes
Countries
  • France
  • Italy
LanguageFrench
Box office$2.1 million[1]

A Slightly Pregnant Man (French: L'Événement le plus important depuis que l'homme a marché sur la Lune, lit. 'The Most Important Event Since Man Walked on the Moon'; Italian: Niente di grave, suo marito è incinto, lit. 'No Big Deal, Your Husband Is Pregnant') is a 1973 comedy film written and directed by Jacques Demy.[2]

Plot

Marco is a driving instructor who is engaged to single mother Irène, a hairdresser. After eating a chicken dinner, he complains to his housekeeper that she cooks chicken too frequently. He begins to feel bloated and tired and sees a doctor. The doctor determines that he is pregnant, and an expert concludes that the hormones in chicken have made him sufficiently feminine to carry a child. With his permission, the doctors publicize this event, and he becomes a model for a maternity clothing company creating a new line of paternity clothes. The majority of the film covers Marco revealing his pregnancy to his friends and family including his ex-wife and their reactions prior to going public with it.

The movie has two different endings. In the original French version, Marco is diagnosed with having hysterical pregnancy; saddening both him and Irène. As they finally get married Irène begins to feel sick and reveals to Marco that she is pregnant. In the Italian ending, Marco realizes that he was misdiagnosed and suddenly goes into labor at his wedding, though the baby is not shown. Afterwards, men everywhere suddenly begin having pregnancy symptoms.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ "L'Evènement le plus important depuis que l'homme a marché sur la lune (1973)". JP Box-Office (in French). Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "NY Times: A Slightly Pregnant Man". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2008. Archived from the original on 17 March 2008. Retrieved 28 March 2009.


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