Welcome to The South

– Alberto (Claudio Bisio), post office manager of a small town in Brianza, under pressure of his wife ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.50 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 42 Minutes
Release Year:
2010
Original Name:
Benvenuti al sud
Welcome to the South (2010) - Also known as Benvenuti al sud

Alberto (Claudio Bisio), post office manager of a small town in Brianza, under pressure of his wife Sylvia (Angela Finocchiaro), is willing to do anything to get the transfer to Milan. Even pretending to be disabled to climb in the ranking. But the trick does not work and as punishment, he is transferred in a small town in Campania, which to an inhabitant of the north is equivalent to a nightmare ...

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Release Date:

01 Oct 2010

Language:

Italian

Director:

Luca Miniero

Writer:

Massimo Gaudioso (screenplay), Dany Boon (original screenplay), Alexandre Charlot (original screenplay), Franck Magnier (original screenplay)

Main Actors:

Claudio Bisio, Alessandro Siani, Angela Finocchiaro, Valentina Lodovini

Plot:

Overwhelmed by his wife, a Northern Italy postal worker feigns a disability to request a transfer to Milan and when he's unmasked is sent for two years to a far and tiny village near Naples; he moves there alone, scared and full of the typical prejudices about the south, but there he meets lovely people who make him feel at home. Now the challenge is explain it to his wife, so he chooses to make believe her that all the topics in the south are true and that his life is a hell. This is a remake of the french film "Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis".

Awards:

8 wins & 21 nominations.

Production:

Medusa

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.5/10