Welcome to the Sticks

Welcome to the Sticks

106 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Feb. 20, 2008

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...

Welcome to the Sticks

106 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Feb. 20, 2008

Welcome to the Sticks
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...
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Canal+, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, TF1 Films Production, Pathé Renn Productions, Hirsch, CinéCinéma, Région Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Les Productions du Chicon, Centre Régional des Ressources Audiovisuelles (CRRAV)
Original title Bienvenue chez les ch'tis
Directors Isabelle Thévenet, Nicolas Guy, Dany Boon
Writers Dany Boon, Franck Magnier, Alexandre Charlot

Cast

Kad Merad

as Philippe Abrams

Dany Boon

as Antoine Bailleul

Zoé Félix

as Julie Abrams

Lorenzo Ausilia-Foret

as Raphaël Abrams

Anne Marivin

as Annabelle Deconninck

Philippe Duquesne

as Fabrice Canoli

Guy Lecluyse

as Yann Vandernoout

Line Renaud

as Mrs. Bailleul

Michel Galabru

as Julie's Great Uncle

Patrick Bosso

as Policeman on A7

Jérôme Commandeur

as Inspector Lebic

Fred Personne

as Mr. Vasseur

Franck Andrieux

as Mr. Leborgne

Jean-Christophe Herbeth

as Mr. Mahieux

Jean-François Picotin

as Mr. Tizaute

Jenny Clève

as Old Lady singing the 'P'tit Quinquin'

Sylviane Goudal

as Customer at Post Office

Yaël Boon

as Angry Customer at Post Office

Christophe Rossignon

as Brewery Server

Guillaume Morand

as Philippe's Ex-Colleague

Nadège Beausson-Diagne

as Office Worker at Salon

Jean-François Elberg

as Gas Station Employee

Eric Bleuzé

as Man with Moped

Bruno Tuchszer

as Policeman in Bergues

Suzie Pilloux

as La femme chez l'oncle de Julie