Welcome to the Sticks (2008): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2008, Welcome to the Sticks is a comedy, drama and romance film directed by Dany Boon, running about 106 minutes.

What it’s about. 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...

Who’s in it. Welcome to the Sticks stars Kad Merad as Philippe Abrams, Dany Boon as Antoine Bailleul, Zoé Félix as Julie Abrams and Lorenzo Ausilia-Foret as Raphaël Abrams, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.7/10, Welcome to the Sticks has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response. It went on to earn $245.1M at the box office.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads and rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, YouTube and Fandango At Home. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Welcome to the Sticks page.

If you liked it. Fans of Welcome to the Sticks tend to enjoy Forrest Gump, Parasite, Life Is Beautiful and Fight Club.