Although living a comfortable life in Salon-de-Provence, a charming town in the South of France, Julie has been feeling depressed for a while. To please her, Philippe Abrams, a post office administrator, her husband, tries to obtain a transfer to a seaside town, on the French Riviera, at any cost. The trouble is that he is caught red-handed while trying to scam an inspector. Philippe is immediately banished to the distant unheard of town of Bergues, in the Far North of France...
jealousy
clock tower
provence
southern france
lie
postman
mama's boy
bias
local speciality
relocation
prejudice
cultural difference
job transfer
northern france
bell tower
postal worker
hospitality
community spirit
dialect
small community
wine drinking
unhappy marriage
social prejudices
accents
disability fraud