A Slightly Pregnant Man

A Slightly Pregnant Man

1973 · 96 min · FR · 5.6 (51 votes)
Dir. Jacques Demy · Starring Marcello Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Micheline Presle, Claude Melki, Mireille Mathieu, Maurice Biraud · Music Michel Legrand

Nobody was expecting this!

Comedy

Marco Mazzetti, a driving instructor, lives with his wife Irène and their young child. After a series of dizzy spells, he goes to the doctor and discovers that he is four-month pregnant. Marco then becomes internationally famous...

VIBE

A bizarre and unsettling journey into the absurd, this film uses a surreal premise to explore societal anxieties. It's a thought-provoking, darkly funny, and often uncomfortable experience that lingers long after viewing.

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