Joséphine (2013 film)

Joséphine
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Agnès Obadia
Produced by	Romain Rojtman Benjamin Hess
Written by	Agnès Obadia Samantha Mazeras Pénélope Bagieu
Based on	Joséphine by Pénélope Bagieu
Starring	Marilou Berry
Music by	Marc Chouarain
Cinematography	Romain Winding
Production company	Les Films du 24
Distributed by	UGC Distribution
Release dates	12 June 2013 (2013-06-12) (Cabourg) 19 June 2013 (2013-06-19) (France)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	$8 million
Box office	$4.7 million

Joséphine is a 2013 French comedy film directed by Agnès Obadia. The story is adapted from the same-named French comic by Pénélope Bagieu. A sequel, Joséphine s'arrondit, was released on 10 February 2016.

Plot

Josephine, 30, is single, lives with her cat Brad Pitt and looking for the man of her dreams. During a family meal, her younger sister, Diane, who perfect in every way, announces her future marriage: this is the straw that breaks the camel's back for Josephine, who has not got a man in her life. Jealous, she claims she is getting married to a Brazilian surgeon named Marcelo and is going to live with him in his country. Josephine lies then start to spiral, producing life changing outcomes.

Alexandra, the head of his company's human resources, overhears a conversation between Josephine and her friend Chloe and, having been hired to drive a wave of layoffs, jumps at the chance to fire Josephine. Josephine's friends club together to buy her a plane ticket to Brazil. Just before the plane's departure, Josephine suffers a panic attack and taken to hospital, unbeknownst to her friends and family, whilst her luggage flies to Brazil.

Josephine chooses to continue the deception and decides to hide in her own apartment, which was temporarily loaned by Chloe to their colleague, Gilles. Despite previously finding him tedious and boring, Josephine gradually falls for him.

The deciet is discovered by Gilles when Josephine's bag is returned to the apartment. He calls her friends and when Josephine returns, confront her about the lies. Josephine, through false tears, then claims she came back after the Marcelo's death but Gilles and her friends don't believe the story and angrily leave.

Josephine confesses her love to Gilles but he refuses to forgive her deception. Josephine, trying to make a fresh start, decides to interrupt her sister's wedding after discovering that her fiance, Aymeric, cheated. Diane chooses to believe her and they flee the church together.

Meanwhile, Gilles, deciding to forgive Josephine, goes to her apartment. The door is answered by Julian, an ex-boyfriend of Josephine, who is staying with Josephine after being thrown out by his wife. Gilles, assuming Julien and Josephine are in a relationship, leaves disappointed. When Josephine learns from Julien about Gilles's visit, she catches up with him in order to convince him of her love. During the credits, it is shown that Josephine's friends have forgiven her for her lies, and her and Gilles have moved in together.

Cast

• Marilou Berry as Joséphine
• Mehdi Nebbou as Gilles
• Bérengère Krief as Chloé
• Amelle Chahbi as Rose
• Charlie Dupont as Julien
• Alice Pol as Diane
• Bruno Podalydès as the psychologist
• Arben Bajraktaraj as the carney
• Philippe Pollet-Villard as the monk
• Olivier Cruveiller as Joséphine's father
• Françoise Miquelis as Joséphine's mother
• Claudine Baschet as Mamita
• Cyril Guei as Cyril
• Caroline Anglade as Alexandra
• Valentin Merlet as Aymeric
• Edson Rodrigues as Marcelo

Sequel

A sequel was decided after the success of the film in France, to be directed by Marilou Berry who also stars in the lead role. Joséphine s'arrondit, that follows the adventures of a slightly older (who finally found her "perfect man") and pregnant Joséphine. It was screened on 15 January 2016 at the "Festival International du Film de l'Alpe d'Huez" ("International Festival of film of l'Alpe d'Huez") before its general release on 10 February 2016.

External links

• Joséphine at IMDb