7.2 Score

2008 • 1h 46min • Not Rated • Comedy, Drama, Romance

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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...

IMDb 7.1

RT 67%

Director

Dany Boon

Writers

Dany Boon

Alexandre Charlot

Franck Magnier

Composer

Philippe Rombi

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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

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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

Jean-Christophe Herbeth Mr. Mahieux

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