Welcome to the Sticks

Welcome to the Sticks

  • Director: Dany Boon
  • Writer: Dany Boon,Alexandre Charlot,Franck Magnier
  • Countries of origin: France
  • Language: French
  • Release date: February 27, 2008
  • Sound mix: DTS, Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: Лашкаво прошимо
  • "Welcome to the Sticks" is a comedy film released by EMI Films on February 27, 2008. Play by Dany Boon directed, Dany Boon , Kad Merad , who starred.
    The film tells the story of what happened after Philip Abbots was transferred to work in the northern town of Begel. 

    Details

    • Release date February 27, 2008
    • Filming locations Bergues, Nord, France
    • Production companies Pathé Renn Productions, Hirsch, Les Productions du Chicon

    Box office

    Budget

    €11,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross worldwide

    $245,144,417

    Movie reviews

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    • By Isac 2022-04-20 09:02:10

      longing for small town

      By chance, a friend introduced me to a movie, "Welcome to the North." It's arguably my favorite French movie to date.

              When people were most prejudiced against the northern town, the male protagonist came to work in this remote town in the northernmost part of France out of misunderstanding and sympathy. To outsiders, whether this town is a language (meaning that the local dialect is very difficult to speak, just like our Mandarin and Sichuan dialect), or food, or climate...

    • By Norval 2022-04-20 09:02:10

      As a Lille student who can't speak or hear ch'tis

      Welcome to the North
      This movie should be more enjoyable to watch before going to France or when I return from France, but I am not either.
      The movie itself exaggerates the horrors of the North, when the Nord is not so scary.
      When the male protagonist saw bienvenue nord pas-de-calais from autoroute for the first time, there was a heavy rain, which directly contrasted the rainy characteristics of the north. Actually I would say that the North is not so scary.
      I actually read...

    • By Ladarius 2022-04-20 09:02:10

      Warm "North"

      Why do you cry after laughing.

            Why does a happy laugh end in tears, so that we feel full and full.

            Therefore, there is no pure tragedy or comedy in the world, because life cannot be subdivided.

            "Welcome to the North", a French film, the warm breath is like the sun in autumn, the warm feeling is like the care of early spring, it is the soft and bright flowing in everyone's heart.

            In order to work in a better post office, the husband...

    • By Dagmar 2022-04-19 09:02:35

      The unfortunate came to the north

      Philip, the post office manager, is facing a "mid-life crisis" just like Mr. Ni. After ten years of being a middle-level cadre, it is difficult to develop his career. Although his wife is beautiful, she turns her nose and eyes on him, and she doesn't show him a good face all day long. Although the French girl is open, but this big brother can't get in, he can only think of other things. He tried every means to be transferred to the south coast, hoping to please his wife. Who would have thought...

    • By Lola 2022-04-19 09:02:35

      Disappointing good movie

      At the beginning, I watched it for the purpose of breaking the record of escape from the tiger's mouth. I thought it would be funny and exciting. After reading it, I felt that it was not at the same level. Could it be that the French aesthetic has changed? ?

      But aside from this, if it's just a light comedy, it's still an excellent work. After all, not everything has to be compared with the classics. There are not many films about the sincere emotions between people, so It seems to be...

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    • By Eliezer 2022-04-23 07:03:33

      Just like the most delicate side dish in French cuisine, although it is not a big meal, it is still top-level cooking. The sincere and simple feelings that flow out naturally can most arouse the human resonance in the hearts of the audience. All technical comments are It's superfluous - no wonder it can break the box office record of "Tiger's Mouth", the result is...

    • By Ruthie 2022-04-23 07:03:33

      A must-see movie for learning...

    • By Garett 2022-04-23 07:03:33

      French humor, moving moments of...

    • By Bonnie 2022-04-23 07:03:33

      A comedy with French characteristics, the jokes in the dialect are very localized, and it is difficult for people who do not understand French to...

    • By Lamont 2022-04-23 07:03:33

      Hehe, French humor is indeed rapeseed, four rings, just one...

    Movie plot

    Philip Aberm ( Kad Merad ) is the head of a post office in Provence, southern France. His wife Julie (Zui Ferry) has a naturally depressing personality that makes their lives lifeless. In order to please his wife, Philip Abbots had to find ways to change jobs for her to change her working environment. But things did not develop as he wanted. Philip Abrams was transferred to the small northern city of Bergs, instead of the south where...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    The film is entirely dubbed in the Picardy dialect. After being made into DVD, it has sold as many as 600,000 copies. This is a sales record in France that has never been reached by DVDs based on regional customs.
    Two months after "Welcome to the Sticks" was released, the number of viewers reached 17,405,832, breaking the 41-year record of "Escape from the Tiger's Mouth" starring comedy master Louis de Fernes.
    The small town of Bergs in...
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    Background creation

    The name of the film means "Welcome to the Sticks", which is the nickname given to the northerners living in the post-industrial area of ​​France, bordering Belgium and the English Channel. The cost of filming this movie is about 17 million U.S. dollars.
    It took Dany Boon a year to create the "Welcome to the Sticks" script. He said, "If it is a stage play, I can enlarge the character of each character and portray them exaggeratedly, so...
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    Evaluation action

    "Welcome to the Sticks" looks very friendly, but it's actually a movie about prejudice. Although the French are known for their romance, those who know them may know that their stubbornness is sometimes deeper than the romance of their own will.
    This "Welcome to the Sticks" did not lose out to Maicheng at the box office like Jia Zhangke did. After soaring all the way, it is close to the astronomical record set by "Titanic" in France...
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