French flock to simple film
A film set in France’s cold and wet north is red hot at the country’s movie theaters.
About 18% of the French, or 11.7 million people, have seen “Bienvenue Chez les Ch’tis” (“Welcome to the Ch’tis”) since it opened Feb. 27, according to Moteur!, the movie’s publicity firm.
The film, about a southern postal worker who’s banished to the north and then falls for the charm of the locals, is already the sixth-bestselling French film, said the Paris-based Centre National de la Cinematographie, the state film industry body.
The 1998 U.S. film “Titanic” is France’s biggest-selling, with 20.7 million entries, while the No. 1 French film is the 1966 comedy “La Grande Vadrouille,” with 17 million.
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