Screen
Monday 12 May 2008
Bienvenue Chez Les Ch'tis
A funny comedy from France about a Southerner being relocated to la nord where the sun never shines and the locals speak in a barely understandable dialect of French. The English subtitles do their best to translate the idea of the unintelligible words and accent of the ch’tis (the locals), and do help make the film enjoyable although I suspect it is a lot funnier if you are fluent in French (plus the muddled subtitles did begin to feel like hard work towards the end). I loved the scenes involving the mail round and the wife’s visit to Bergues. Overall a decent comedy providing an interesting insight into the French’s North-South divide (much like England in many ways).
— Andy
Tags: comedy, farce, france, in cinemas
2000,
2002,
2003,
2004,
2005,
2006,
2007,
2008,
alfonso cuarón,
almodóvar,
animation,
audrey tautou,
b&w,
bbc,
ben affleck,
biopic,
chiwetel ejiofor,
chris_pine,
clive owen,
comedy,
crime,
daniel craig,
drama,
fantasy,
farce,
film4,
france,
francois ozon,
halle berry,
hollywood,
in cinemas,
india,
indie,
iran,
italy,
jake gyllenhaal,
london,
marvel,
matt damon,
melodrama,
musical,
paris,
period,
peter sellers,
pixar,
recommended,
robert downey jr,
robin williams,
romain duris,
sci-fi,
spain,
star_trek,
stephen frears,
superheroes,
television,
the netherlands,
thriller,
tim burton,
uk,
usa,
world war 2,
yorkshire