Warm welcome for the Sticks
Dany Boon’s French blockbuster Welcome to the Sticks [+see also:
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Occupying third position in the weekend rankings is Joseph Vilsmaier’s German comedy Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar [+see also:
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Next in line are Marco Kreuzpaintner’s fantasy film, Krabat [+see also:
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(Translated from French)
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