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Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.10 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 46 Minutes
Release Year:
2008
Original Name:
Bienvenue chez les ch'tis
Welcome to the Sticks (2008) - Also known as Bienvenue chez les ch'tis

Although living a comfortable life in Salon-de-Provence, a charming town in the South of France, Julie has been feeling depressed for a while. To please her, Philippe Abrams, a post office administrator, her husband, tries to obtain a transfer to a seaside town, on the French Riviera, at any cost. The trouble is that he is caught red-handed while trying to scam an inspector. Philippe is immediately banished to the distant unheard of town of Bergues, in the Far North of France...

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Welcome to the Sticks (2008) - Trailer

Release Date:

27 Feb 2008

Language:

French

MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated

Director:

Dany Boon

Writer:

Dany Boon, Alexandre Charlot (dialogue), Alexandre Charlot, Franck Magnier (dialogue), Franck Magnier

Main Actors:

Kad Merad, Dany Boon, Zoé Félix, Lorenzo Ausilia-Foret

Plot:

Although living a comfortable life in Salon-de-Provence, a charming town in the South of France, Julie has been feeling depressed for a while. To please her, Philippe Abrams, a post office administrator, her husband, tries to obtain a transfer to a seaside town, on the French Riviera, at any cost. The trouble is that he is caught red-handed while trying to scam an inspector. Philippe is immediately banished to the distant unheard of town of Bergues, in the Far North of France. Leaving his child and wife behind, the crucified man leaves for his frightening destination, a dreadfully cold place inhabited by hard-drinking, unemployed rednecks, speaking an incomprehensible dialect called Ch'ti. Philippe soon realizes that all these ideas were nothing but prejudices and that Bergues is not synonymous with hell...

Awards:

4 wins & 7 nominations.

Production:

Christal Films

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
67%