A Sad and Beautiful World vs Welcome to the Sticks

A Sad and Beautiful World has the higher audience score (8/10 against 6.7/10 for Welcome to the Sticks). Welcome to the Sticks is the shorter watch at 1h 46m compared with 1h 50m. Welcome to the Sticks is the older of the two (2008 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

A Sad and Beautiful World posterA Sad and Beautiful World2025 VS Welcome to the Sticks posterWelcome to the Sticks2008
A Sad and Beautiful WorldWelcome to the Sticks
Audience score★ 8.0/10★ 6.7/10
Year20252008
Length1h 50m1h 46m
GenresComedy, Drama, RomanceComedy, Drama, Romance
CountryLebanonFrance
DirectorCyril ArisDany Boon
Main castCamille Salameh, Julia Kassar, Mounia Akl, Hasan Akil, Tino KaramDany Boon, Michel Galabru, Anne Marivin, Kad Merad, Guy Lecluyse

Synopsis

A Sad and Beautiful World

In this sweeping love story that spans three decades of passion, heartbreak, and hope, Nino and Yasmina find themselves drawn together by a magnetic relationship. As they face an impossible choice between love and survival, they must decide if they want to build a family and chart a path to happiness in Lebanon, despite the tragedies ravaging the country.

Welcome to the Sticks

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…

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