Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis
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| Directed by | Dany Boon |
| Produced by |
Claude Berri Jérôme Seydoux |
| Written by | Dany Boon Alexandre Charlot Franck Magnier |
| Starring | Dany Boon Kad Merad Zoé Félix |
| Music by | Philippe Rombi |
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| Distributed by | Pathé Distribution |
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106 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language |
French Ch'ti |
| Budget |
€ 11 million (approx US$15 million) |
| Box office | $245,144,417 (approx €162,347,296) |
Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis (French pronunciation: [bjɛ̃vny ʃe le ʃti]; English: Welcome to the Sticks or Welcome to the Land of Shtis) is a 2008 French comedy film directed, co-written by and starring Dany Boon, co-starring Kad Merad and Zoé Félix.
The film broke nearly every box office record in France: it debuted as the top film at 793 sites. As of 28 February 2010, the film had been seen by 20.5 million people in 23 weeks, thereby breaking the long-standing record held by 1966's La Grande Vadrouille (17.27 million admissions).
Philippe Abrams is the manager of the postal service (La Poste) in Salon-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, in southern France. He is married to Julie, whose depressive character makes his life miserable. Philippe does everything to get a job at an office on the Mediterranean seaside to make her happy. As this favourable position will be granted to somebody who is disabled, Abrams decides to pretend that he is. However, the management finds out. As punishment, he is banished for two years to Bergues, a town near Dunkirk in northern France. Northern France – and the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in particular – is considered "the sticks" – a cold and rainy place inhabited by unsophisticated ch'tis who speak a strange language (called "ch'ti" in local parlance, and "cheutimi" in the South). He has to spend his first night at the home of Antoine, a co-worker of his. Philippe initially dislikes Antoine for his rude behaviour and because he thinks Antoine is gay (he found photographs of Antoine dressed as a woman, but they were taken during a carnival party). However, later in the film, Antoine and Philippe become best friends.
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