Bellyful
Poster.
Directed by	Melvin Van Peebles
Written by	Melvin Van Peebles
Produced by	Jean-Pierre Saire, Yves Pasquier; assistant: Ron van Eeden, F. Jansen, Emmanuel Paulin, Stéphane Rollot, Eric Stanley
Starring	Andréa Ferréol Jacques Boudet
Cinematography	Philippe Pavans de Ceccatty
Edited by	Catherine D'Hoir
Music by	Melvin Van Peebles
Distributed by	Euripide Distribution
Release date	June 28, 2000 (2000-06-28)
Running time	105 minutes
Countries	United States France
Languages	French English

Le Conte du ventre plein^[1] (international English title: Bellyful^[2] or A Belly Full^[3]) is a 2000 film written and directed by Melvin Van Peebles.

A 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 chance at a better life. 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.

• Andréa Ferréol as Loretta
• Jacques Boudet as Henri
• Meiji U Tum'si as Diamantine
• Claude Perron as Blanchette
• Herman van Veen as Jan

• Le Conte du ventre plein at IMDb

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