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If I Were a Boy

2017 · 95 min

A breezy, silly French comedy that turns a bizarre body-swap premise into light laughs and gentle gender musings.

Tagline
One morning, she woke up with something extra!
Overview
Jeanne wakes up one morning and her life is about to take a funny turn, at first sight nothing has changed in her - to a small detail.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • gender
  • sexuality
  • family
  • love
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour8
Realism6
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Audrey Dana
Written by
Maud Ameline, Audrey Dana
Starring
Audrey Dana, Christian Clavier, Éric Elmosnino, Alice Belaïdi, Joséphine Draï, Antoine Gouy, Jézabel Marques, Johanne Toledano
Runtime
95 min
Country
Belgium, France
Languages
French

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