A postman from the South of France is sent to the North of France. The adventure starts!
A postman, named Abrams, that tried to manipulate his administration but get caught is sent to the North of France as punishment. In deed, in the South of France, the North is allegedly very cold, gloom, always rainy; its inhabitants are perpetually unemployed, have bad habits, illiterate, can not speak French. In a nutshell, the hell. As the postman crosses the boundary of the North region (Nord - Pas-de-Calais), with ski-boots in his car, pouring rain falls. The adventure starts.At first, Abrams did not want his wife to know about the change of region, and hides his fate... But he makes friends very quickly. Likes the region. At the end, he does not want to leave. You will understand why during the film...
The movie satirizes the prejudices about the North of France, reveal the true aspects of the region: warmth, people with big hearts and a culture of its own, not even in Paris, about 100 km South.
score 10/10
peter-bembel 11 March 2008
Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw1838116/35816
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