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Welcome to the Sticks

Welcome to the Sticks

Feb 20, 2008
106 min
ComedyDramaRomance
6.7/ 10
2,502 votes

Overview

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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TMDB
6.7/10
2,502 votes
IMDB
7.1/10
46,653 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
67%
Tomatometer
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Box Office & Budget

Budget$11,000,000Production cost
Box Office$245,144,417Worldwide gross
Profit$234,144,417Profitable
ROI
+2128.6%Return on investment

Awards & Nominations

5 wins & 11 nominations total

Details

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Status

Released

Original Language

fr

Budget

$11,000,000

Revenue

$245,144,417

Production Companies

Sch'tis FilmreihePathé Renn ProductionsHirschPathéTF1 Films ProductionLes Productions du Ch'timiPictanovo

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