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Welcome to the Sticks

Although she lives 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, her husband, post office administrator Philippe Abrams, 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 who speak 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.

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Cast & Crew See All

Kad Merad
Philippe Abrams
Dany Boon
Antoine Bailleul
Zoé Félix
Julie Abrams

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Awards

  • 2008 - EFA People's Choice Award - - nominated
  • 2009 - César - Best Original Screenplay (Meilleur scénario original) - nominated
  • 2010 - Goya - Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea) - nominated
  • 2009 - Globe de Cristal - Best Actor (Meilleur acteur) - nominated

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