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Title: Welcome to the Sticks

Release Date: 20 Feb 2008

Runtime: 1h 46m

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: TF1 Films Production, Hirsch, Les Productions du Chicon, CNC, Centre Régional des Ressources Audiovisuelles (CRRAV), CinéCinéma, Région Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Canal+, Pathé, Renn Productions

Production Companies: TF1 Films Production, Hirsch, Les Productions du Chicon, CNC, Centre Régional des Ressources Audiovisuelles (CRRAV), CinéCinéma, Région Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Canal+, Pathé, Renn Productions

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...

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Average Vote: 6.7 (2431 votes)

Cast

  • Philippe Abrams: Kad Merad
  • Antoine Bailleul: Dany Boon
  • Julie Abrams: Zoé Félix
  • Raphaël Abrams: Lorenzo Ausilia-Foret
  • Annabelle Deconninck: Anne Marivin
  • Fabrice Canoli: Philippe Duquesne
  • Yann Vandernoout: Guy Lecluyse
  • Mrs. Bailleul: Line Renaud
  • Julie's Great Uncle: Michel Galabru
  • Jean: Stéphane Freiss
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