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Welcome to the Sticks

6.7 / 10 2008 1h 46mNR French
ComedyDramaRomance

Storyline

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...

Cast & Crew

Kad Merad

Kad Merad

Philippe Abrams

Lead
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

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Dany Boon's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Welcome to the Sticks is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker