Welcome to the South

Welcome to the South

When you come to the South you cry twice: when you arrive and when you leave.

Directed by Luca Miniero

Produced by Medusa Film, Cattleya

2010102 min6.7 / 10

A comedic fish-out-of-water story about a northern Italian bureaucrat exiled to the south, built on cultural stereotypes and the gradual discovery of warmth in an unfamiliar community.

Alberto, post office manager of a small town in Brianza, under pressure of his wife Sylvia, is willing to do anything to get the transfer to Milan. Even pretending to be disabled to climb in the ranking. But the trick does not work and as punishment, he is transferred in a small town in Campania, which to an inhabitant of the north is equivalent to a nightmare ...

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Not available in United States — it streams in other countries.

Questions people ask

  • Is Welcome to the South easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 77% of films.

  • Is Welcome to the South scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is Welcome to the South violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Does Welcome to the South end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Welcome to the South sad? Not especially. Less sad than 59% of films.

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