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Welcome to the Sticks (2008)

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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Drama
Romance

Top billed cast

Kad MeradPhilippe Abrams
Dany BoonAntoine Bailleul
Zoé FélixJulie Abrams
Lorenzo Ausilia-ForetRaphaël Abrams
Anne MarivinAnnabelle Deconninck
Philippe DuquesneFabrice Canoli
Guy LecluyseYann Vandernoout
Line RenaudMrs. Bailleul
Michel GalabruJulie's Great Uncle
Stéphane FreissJean

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