La Ch'tite Famille (2018)
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 107 minuten
Alternative title: Les Ch'tis à Paris
Country:
France
Directed by: Dany Boon
Stars: Dany Boon, Valérie Bonneton and Guy Lecluyse
IMDb score:
5,8 (4.970)
Releasedate: 28 February 2018
La Ch'tite Famille plot
Valentin D., a hip design architect, tells everyone he's an orphan because he's bored with his working-class heritage. Only his wife, who is extremely snobbish, knows about it. His father Louis, brother Gustave, sister-in-law Louloute and mother Suzanne decide to pay him a visit. The latter is convinced that a surprise party is being prepared for her eightieth birthday. However, the reunion will always remain with them all...
Actors and actresses
Valentin Duquesne, aka Valentin D.
Suzanne Duquesne, Valentin's mother
Constance Brandt, wife of Valentin
Louloute, Valentin's ex-fiancée
Gustave, Valentin's brother
Alexander, Constance's father
Joseph Duquesne, Valentine's father
Britney
Speech therapist
Professor Rosenberg
Reviews & comments
mrklm
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- 11629 messages
- 10041 votes
The cast seems to have had a lot of fun making this film, and the bloopers we see during the closing credits seem to confirm this. However, these bloopers also underline the big problem for anyone who doesn't speak French (and I am one of them): much of the humor comes from language jokes that can't be translated. Anyone who does speak French will certainly get more enjoyment out of this far-fetched comedy about Valentine [Dany Boon, also director and co-writer], a successful furniture designer who keeps his family and his past hidden because his humble origins would damage his reputation and his career. But when his brother Gus [Guy Lecluyse] needs money, he comes up with a plan to take almost the entire family along to the opening of Valentin's latest exhibition. Valentin must therefore come to terms with his past and this also causes problems for his beloved Constance [Laurence Arné], especially when Valentin loses part of his memory after an 'accident'!
The story is far-fetched, forced and contains the necessary plot holes. It is therefore not really about anything, but the film is saved by the enthusiasm of the cast and a few inventive jokes, including a recurring joke about the musical 'Carmen'. Enthusiasm alone does not make a good comedy, although I emphasize again that French speakers will understand and appreciate many of the jokes better.
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BBarbie
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- 12893 messages
- 7675 votes
After a series of serious films I was ready for something light. Well, this film is certainly light, or rather farcical, but it misses its target. The funny situations are in most cases greatly exaggerated and are therefore no longer funny. And then that Ch'ti dialect. Very tiring to read the subtitles with their numerous spelling errors.
I really liked the first Ch'ti film (Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis). I can't say the same about this film.
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Filmkriebel
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- 10013 messages
- 4679 votes
Not a sequel to Bienvenue Chez les Ch'tis as is sometimes claimed. Thematically it is related but all the characters are different. Not nearly as nice either. It is striking that they called upon true Northern French actors as additional cast: Pierre Richard, Line Renaud, Guy Lecluyse and Valerie Bonneton were all born near the Belgian border in Ch'ti-land, so I think they already had some command of the local dialect from their youth.
But the film is aimed at a very small target group of Northern French people, because decoding ch'ti without subtitles is quite a tough nut to crack, even if you know French well.
The film is about a designer, Valentin, who lies about his background to be taken seriously by his snobbish clients. After all, ch'tis are seen as boorish outcasts by the beau monde. Until his mother, brother and sister-in-law travel to Paris to visit him. The film only really gets going when Valentin gets a brain injury from a car accident and wakes up as a real ch'ti.... Overall, there were too few highlights and strong scenes for a high rating. When the bloopers in the end credits are almost better than the humor in the film, you know enough...
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