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Big is Beautiful

2012 · 100 min

A warm, gently funny French comedy about body image and friendship that feels like a comforting retreat.

Directed by
Charlotte de Turckheim
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Victoria Abril, Lola Dewaere, Catherine Hosmalin
Tagline
What if the real weight to lose was your complexes?
Overview
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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Directed by
Charlotte de Turckheim
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Victoria Abril, Lola Dewaere, Catherine Hosmalin
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • friendship
  • love
  • healing
  • family
Places
  • small town
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Charlotte de Turckheim
Written by
Charlotte de Turckheim, Gladys Marciano, Jeanne Le Guillou
Starring
Victoria Abril, Lola Dewaere, Catherine Hosmalin, Grégory Fitoussi, Mehdi Nebbou, Julia Piaton, Martin Daquin, Pauline Lefèvre
Music
Éric Neveux
Cinematography
Pierre Aïm
Runtime
100 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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