La Ch'tite famille

2018 film
  • Dany Boon
  • Sarah Kaminsky[2]
Produced byJerome Seydoux[2]Starring
  • Dany Boon
  • Line Renaud
  • Laurence Arne
  • Valerie Bonneton
  • Guy Lecluyse
CinematographyDenis Rouden[2]Edited byElodie Codaccioni[2]Music by
  • Michael Tordjman
  • Maxime Despres[2]
Production
companies
  • Pathé
  • Les Productions du Ch'timi
  • TF1 Films Productions
  • Solidaris
  • 26DB Productions[2]
Release dates
  • 13 January 2018 (2018-01-13) (Colmar premiere)
  • 28 February 2018 (2018-02-28) (France)
Running time
106 minutesCountryFrance[1]Languages
  • French
  • Picard[2]
Budget$31.4 million [3]Box office$49.8 million [4]

La Ch'tite famille is a 2018 French film directed and starring Dany Boon.

Cast

  • Dany Boon : Valentin Duquenne
  • Line Renaud : Mother Duquenne
  • Laurence Arné : Constance Brandt
  • Valérie Bonneton : Louloute
  • Guy Lecluyse : Gustave
  • François Berléand : Alexander
  • Pierre Richard : Jacques Duquenne
  • Juliane Lepoureau : Britney
  • Judi Beecher : Kate Fischer
  • Claudia Tagbo : Minister of Culture
  • Kad Merad : Himself
  • Julia Vignali : Herself
  • Arthur : Himself
  • Pascal Obispo : Himself
  • Claire Chazal : Herself

Production

Jordan Mintzer of The Hollywood Reporter stated that the film was not specifically a sequel to Boon's previous film Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis, but was "closer to a spinoff project".[2] Boon stated that in 2014 he wrote a second draft of a follow-up to Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis but that he "wasn’t that happy with it, something was missing."[5] While working on Raid dingue, Boon began re-developing La Ch'tite famille.[5]

Release

La Ch'tite famille was released in France on 28 February 2018.[1] On its opening weekend in France, the film grossed $16,739,183 in France, debuted in first place at the French box office.[6] The film grossed a total of $46,316,363 in France.[7]

Reception

Mintzer of The Hollywood Reporter stated that Boon "takes his concept as far as it can go and then some, nailing a few solid laughs along the way but running out of steam after the midway mark."[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "La Ch'tite Famille". Unifrance.org. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Mintzer, Jordan (27 February 2018). "'La Ch'tite famille': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  3. ^ "La Ch'tite famille (2018) - JPBox-Office".
  4. ^ "Family is Family".
  5. ^ a b Hopewell, John; Lang, Jamie (20 January 2018). "Dany Boon Talks 'La Ch'tite Famille,' His Mother, Pierre Richard; Pathé Scores Major Deals (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  6. ^ "France Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  7. ^ "La ch'tite famille". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
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