"Nobody was expecting this!"

1973

1h 36m

5.7(70 votes)

Comedy

Overview

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

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Cast & Crew

19 members

Acting

Marcello Mastroianni

Marco Mazetti

Acting

Catherine Deneuve

Irène de Fontenoy

Acting

Micheline Presle

Dr Delavigne

Acting

Claude Melki

Lucien Soumain

Acting

Mireille Mathieu

Acting

Maurice Biraud

Lamarie

Acting

Alice Sapritch

Ramona Martinez

Acting

Jacques Legras

Leboeuf

Acting

Marisa Pavan

Maria Mazetti

Acting

André Falcon

Scipion Lemeu

Acting

Raymond Gérôme

Dr Chaumont de Latour

Writing

Benjamin Legrand

Lucas

Acting

Michèle Moretti

Ginou

Acting

Madeleine Barbulée

Mlle Janvier

Acting

Micheline Dax

Mme Corfa

Acting

Myriam Boyer

Ninon Barbeau

Acting

Andrée Tainsy

Clarisse de Saint-Clair

Acting

Tonie Marshall

The Bobino's host

Acting

Elizabeth Teissier

Dr Chaumont's Assistant

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