Man Is a Woman

Mar 11, 1998

1h 40m

★ 5.6

It's an experience that every man ought to have at least once in his life... to be for just a moment a woman in the arms of a man...

Overview

Simon Eskenazy is a gay Parisian clarinet player who lives his single life to the fullest. One day, he receives a very tempting offer from his homophobic uncle, looking to continue the family legacy – if he gets married and has a child, he will receive ten million francs and inherit his uncle's luxurious mansion. After meeting Rosalie Baumann at his cousin David's wedding, and with some convincing on his mother's part, Simon sees an opportunity to fulfill his uncle's wishes and the pair go ahead and get married, but not before traveling to New York to meet Rosalie's Orthodox Jewish family. As Simon tries to develop real feelings for Rosalie, he struggles with his feelings for his newlywed cousin David.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

PolyGram Filmed Entertainment

Les Films Balenciaga

M6 Films

Man Is a Woman Trailers

Cast

Simon Eskenazy

Antoine de Caunes

Rosalie Baumann

Elsa Zylberstein

David Eskenazi

Gad Elmaleh

Uncle Salomon

Michel Aumont

Simon's mother

Judith Magre

Rosalie's father

Maurice Bénichou

Rosalie's mother

Catherine Hiegel

Daniel Baumann

Stéphane Metzger

Yitshak Baumann

Edwin Gerard

Nathalie

Noëlla Dussart

Jean-Rene

Jean-François Dérec

Samuel Baumann

Sacha Santon

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