La Ch'tite famille

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". 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." While working on Raid dingue, Boon began re-developing La Ch'tite famille.

Release

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

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."