20 Pounds To Happiness
As of April 28, 2026, 20 Pounds To Happiness is a feature film that has completed production. The production company attached is Plus Entertainment. Attached are director Yelyna De Leon; writer Josefina Lopez; and producer Tricia Cruz. It was scheduled to start shooting in Los Angeles, CA in June 2024. Production List last updated this listing on April 28, 2026.
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Project Summary
A comedy about women in Boyle Heights who just want to be skinny, loved, and accepted. But when a full-figured Latina needs to gain 20 pounds to qualify for gastric bypass surgery, her plans change. She falls in love with a man who doesn't want her to have the surgery, disappointing the other big and beautiful ladies who were getting the surgery as a group deal.
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Cast & Crew
Directing
| Director | Yelyna De Leon |
Production
| Producer | Tricia Cruz |
| Producer | Josefina Lopez |
Writing
| Writer | Josefina Lopez |
Contact details for each person listed are on file and available to members.
Working on 20 Pounds To Happiness
20 Pounds To Happiness has finished principal photography. How productions hire crew · Working as an extra · Reaching the production office
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Source: Production List, published by the Film & Television Industry Alliance. Cite this page as https://www.productionlist.com/production/20-pounds-happiness (last updated Apr 28, 2026).