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Josephine

Josephine

20135.91h 28m

Overview

Josephine doesn't like her job and keeps on having relationships without a future. Her sister and parents keep pushing her to find a good husband. To shut them up, she creates a handsome Brazilian millionaire but her little white lie has a flip side - she loses everything to find the love of her life.

Directed by Agnès Obadia
Written by Pénélope Bagieu, Agnès Obadia, Samantha Mazéras
Produced by Romain Rojtman
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Top Cast

Marilou Berry

Marilou Berry

Joséphine

Mehdi Nebbou

Mehdi Nebbou

Gilles

Bérengère Krief

Bérengère Krief

Chloé

Charlie Dupont

Charlie Dupont

Julien

Amelle Chahbi

Amelle Chahbi

Rose

Alice Pol

Alice Pol

Diane

Cyril Gueï

Cyril Gueï

Cyril

Caroline Anglade

Caroline Anglade

Alexandra

Bruno Podalydès

Bruno Podalydès

le psy

Arben Bajraktaraj

Arben Bajraktaraj

le forain

Themes & Keywords

woman director

About Josephine

Josephine is a romance, comedy film released in 2013 exploring themes of woman director. Directed by Agnès Obadia, it stars Marilou Berry, Mehdi Nebbou, Bérengère Krief. Josephine doesn't like her job and keeps on having relationships without a future. Her sister and parents keep pushing her to find a good husband. To shut them up, she creates a handsome Brazilian millionaire but her little white lie has a flip side - she loses everything to find the love of her life.

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