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...
Acting
Kad Merad's slow-burn warmth melts every scene
Writing
Dany Boon weaponizes regional rivalry hilariously
Cinematography
Grey North vs. golden South: visual roast
Director
Dany Boon
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
Mrs. Bailleul
Michel Galabru
Julie's Great Uncle
Stéphane Freiss
Jean
Patrick Bosso
Policeman on A7
Jérôme Commandeur
Inspector Lebic
Alexandre Carrière
Tony
Fred Personne
Mr. Vasseur
Franck Andrieux
Mr. Leborgne
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Ch'ti dialect was nearly extinct before this film; Boon made 4 million French people suddenly proud to sound like this.
Bergues was so flooded with tourists post-release that locals started 'Ch'ti tours'—the fictional misery became actual economic boom.
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