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Welcome to the Sticks

Welcome to the Sticks

20086.71h 46m

Overview

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...

Directed by Dany Boon
Written by Alexandre Charlot, Dany Boon, Franck Magnier
Produced by Claude Berri, Jérôme Seydoux
Box OfficeBudget: $11.0MRevenue: $245.1M

Top Cast

Kad Merad

Kad Merad

Philippe Abrams

Dany Boon

Dany Boon

Antoine Bailleul

Zoé Félix

Zoé Félix

Julie Abrams

Lorenzo Ausilia-Foret

Lorenzo Ausilia-Foret

Raphaël Abrams

Anne Marivin

Anne Marivin

Annabelle Deconninck

Philippe Duquesne

Philippe Duquesne

Fabrice Canoli

Guy Lecluyse

Guy Lecluyse

Yann Vandernoout

Line Renaud

Line Renaud

Mrs. Bailleul

Michel Galabru

Michel Galabru

Julie's Great Uncle

Stéphane Freiss

Stéphane Freiss

Jean

Themes & Keywords

jealousyclock towerprovencesouthern franceliepostmanmama's boybiaslocal specialityrelocationprejudicecultural differencejob transfernorthern francebell towerpostal workerhospitalitycommunity spiritdialectsmall communitywine drinkingunhappy marriagesocial prejudiceaccentsdisability fraud

About Welcome to the Sticks

Welcome to the Sticks is a comedy, drama, romance film released in 2008 exploring themes of jealousy, clock tower, provence, southern france, lie, postman. Directed by Dany Boon, it stars Kad Merad, Dany Boon, Zoé Félix. 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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