La Ch'tite famille

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La Ch'tite famille
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Directed by Dany Boon
Screenplay by
  • Dany Boon
  • Sarah Kaminsky [1]
Produced byJerome Seydoux [1]
Starring
CinematographyDenis Rouden [1]
Edited byElodie Codaccioni [1]
Music by
  • Michael Tordjman
  • Maxime Despres [1]
Production
companies
  • Pathé
  • Les Productions du Ch'timi
  • TF1 Films Productions
  • Solidaris
  • 26DB Productions [1]
Release dates
  • 13 January 2018 (2018-01-13)(Colmar premiere)
  • 28 February 2018 (2018-02-28)(France)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryFrance [2]
Languages
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.

Contents

Cast

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". [1] 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. [2] 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." [1]

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References

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