Bellyful

Bellyful

Infobox Film
name = Bellyful


caption = Poster.
director = Melvin Van Peebles
producer = Jean-Pierre Saire,
Yves Pasquier
eproducer =
aproducer = Ron van Eeden,
F. Jansen,
Emmanuel Paulin,
Stéphane Rollot,
Eric Stanley
writer = Melvin Van Peebles
starring =
music = Melvin Van Peebles
cinematography = Philippe Pavans de Ceccatty
editing = Catherine D'Hoir
distributor = Euripide Distribution
released = June 28, 2000
runtime = 105 min
country = France
awards =
language = French
English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
amg_id = 1:205591
imdb_id = 0216587

"Le Conte du ventre plein" (international English title: "Bellyful") is a 2000 film written and directed by Melvin Van Peebles.

Plot summary

A closed-minded conservative couple masquerade as liberal do-gooders in late 60's France. With orders piling up at their bistro, The Full Belly, Loretta and Henri, self-described "pillars of the community," hire Diamantine as a waitress in order to give a poor black orphan a break. At home, they tell their trusting, new live-in employee that she's "one of the family," yet in town they encourage widespread disapproval of her. When they convince her to carry an extended joke to full term - pretending she's pregnant - Diamantine, and a slightly shady friend of the couple, Jan, become entangled in an elaborate charade.

External links

*imdb title|id=0216587|title=Le Conte du ventre plein
* [http://allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:205591 "Le Conte du ventre plein"] at Allmovie


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