Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis (2008)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Dany Boon

Writers:

Dany Boon (writer)
Alexandre Charlot (writer)

Release Date:

27 February 2008 (Belgium)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

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...

Plot Keywords:

Bergues | Post | Post Office | Lille | Spoof

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Kad Merad	...	Philippe Abrams
Dany Boon	...	Antoine Bailleul
Zoé Félix	...	Julie Abrams
Lorenzo Ausilia-Foret	...	Raphaël Abrams
Anne Marivin	...	Annabelle Deconninck
Philippe Duquesne	...	Fabrice Canoli
Guy Lecluyse	...	Yann Vandernoout
Line Renaud	...	La maman d'Antoine
Michel Galabru	...	Le grand oncle de Julie
Stéphane Freiss	...	Jean Sabrier
Patrick Bosso	...	Le gendarme A7
Jérôme Commandeur	...	L'inspecteur Lebic
Alexandre Carrière	...	Tony - l'amoureux d'Isabelle
Fred Personne	...	M. Vasseur
Frank Andrieux	...	M. Leborgne (as Franck Andrieux)

Also Known As:

Welcome to the Land of Shtis (Europe: English title) (festival title)
Welcome to the Sticks (International: English title)

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | France:U | Ireland:12A | Netherlands:6 | Singapore:PG | Portugal:M/6 | Germany:o.Al. | UK:12A | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Autoroute A7, France

Company:

Pathé Renn Productions

Trivia:

With 20.2 million viewers, it is the most successful French film in France. Former distinction holder was La grande vadrouille (1966).

Movie Connections:

Remade as Welcome to the Sticks (2010)

Soundtrack:

I just call (to say I love you)

A movie everyone can love.

I saw this movie in Lille, France, two weeks after the premiere, and the movie theaters were full. Everyone wanted to see it. (After two weeks, 15 million viewers. That's a lot.) Even though they sometimes spoke Ch'ti it was quite easy to understand, and many parts would have been funny in any language. I really recommend everyone to see it, no matter if you speak French or not. Many of the jokes with words (jeu de mots) are only comprehensible if you speak French, but it's still great. The point with the movie isn't just the language, another aspect is the prejudices the Southerns have about the Northerns. Which can be found in many more countries than France. I really think that it's a movie everyone can find something to like about. Maybe the French over-hyped it, but it's still a superb movie.