Postmaster Philippe Abrams has tough time dealing with his wifes demands that he should find a position somewhere on the French Riviera. He is even so desperate that he files a request for new position stating that he is disabled. Unfortunately he screws up the interview and as punishment he is sent to the cold north part of France, a small town of Bergues, for 2 years. Since he lived his whole life in the southern France he is used to a lot of sunlight and the north part of the country seems to him the worts possible place for living. When his wife finds out where he will be sent she decides not to move with him, so completely alone he travels to Bergues. From the beginning he can’t understand the people around since they use their strange accent, he can’t understand their habits and the food seems very suspicious. But after he gets to know his co-workers he finds them fun to be with and their completely different approach to life begins to affect him. But when he comes back to his wife on weekends he has to pretend that it is terrible in Bergues. Until one day his wife decides to come with him and see his sad life in the north.
Simple French comedy that could apply to most countries in the world, where people from different parts of country think that their approach to life is the right one and everyone else is strange. The punishment for Philippe Abrams changes his life when he opens up to more relaxed life in Bergues. Perhaps not very original idea, but well written and well played.
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as Antoine Bailleul | |
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as Annabelle Deconninck | |
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