The film 'Bienvenue chez les ch'tis' struggles against prejudice

Laurent Moyse is delighted with the enthusiasm displayed for the French film 'Bienvenue chez les ch'tis' which has already attracted more than 17 million viewers. "The film's plot is breathtakingly simple. The transformation of a French postal worker, forced to leave the sunny south, with its sing-songy accent, to move to the north Pas-de-Calais, seen as hostile or brutal, which leads to a hilarious 'culture shock'. ... The disappearance of borders has not erased mental barriers and a number of conflicts continue to survive even within nations instead of between them. Instead of finding a confrontation between civilisations, it's a clash of mentalities, a shock made worse by the realisation that the image we make of others is based on profound ignorance paired with an dismissive attitude."

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