Welcome to the Sticks
Released: February 20, 2008Runtime: 106 minLanguage: FR
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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Kad Merad
as Philippe Abrams
Dany Boon
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Zoe Felix
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Lorenzo Ausilia Foret
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Anne Marivin
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Philippe Duquesne
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Guy Lecluyse
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Line Renaud
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Michel Galabru
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Stephane Freiss
as Jean Sabrier
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