Boudu Saved from Drowning
| Boudu Saved from Drowning | |
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| Directed by | Jean Renoir |
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| Produced by | Michel Simon |
| Written by | René Fauchois (play) Jean Renoir |
| Starring | Michel Simon |
| Music by | Léo Daniderff (uncredited), Johann Strauss ("An der schönen, brauen Donau") |
| Release date(s) | 1932 |
| Running time | 81 min. |
| Country |  France |
| Language | French |
Boudu Saved from Drowning (French: Boudu sauvé des eaux) is a 1932 French film, directed by Jean Renoir. Renoir wrote the film's screenplay, from the play by René Fauchois. The film stars Michel Simon as Boudu.
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Plot summary
Bourgeois Parisian book seller Edouard Lestingois (Charles Granval) rescues a tramp, Boudu, from a suicidal plunge into the river Seine. Boudu is brought into Lestingois household and evokes the age old principle that the book-seller is now responsible for his life. The family adopts the bum and dedicates itself to reforming him into a proper middle class person. Boudu (Michel Simon) shows his gratitude by shaking the household to its foundations, challenging the hidebound principles of his hosts and seducing them with his anarchic charm. This lovely social/political comedy is a must see film. Michel Simon is a comic genius on the likes of his peers Charlie Chaplin or Harpo Marx.
Cast
- Michel Simon as Priape Boudu
- Marcelle Hainia as Emma Lestingois
- Séverine Lerczinska as Anne Marie, la bonne (Chloë)
- Gehret as Vigour
- Dalban as Godin
- Dasté as L'étudiant
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- Charles Granval, Sociétaire de la Comédie Française as Édouard Lestingois
with (uncredited)
- Jacques Becker as Le poète
- Georges D'Arnoux as Un invité à la noce
- Régine Lutèce as La promeneuse
- Jane Pierson as Rose, la voisine
Remake
The film was remade in 1986 for an American audience as Down and Out in Beverly Hills, directed by Paul Mazursky.[1] Another remake, Boudu, was released in 2005. Gérard Jugnot directed, from a screenplay by Philippe Lopes-Curval. It starred Gérard Depardieu as Boudu. Both are adaptation of René Fauchois' play, not remake of Jean Renoir film.
References
External links
- Boudu Saved from Drowning at the Internet Movie Database
- Boudu Saved from Drowning at Allmovie
- Bondu Saved from Drowning at Rotten Tomatoes
- Criterion Collection essay by Christopher Faulkner
- Review at The Factual Opinion
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