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Mon oncle Benjamin
Mon oncle Benjamin film posterDirected by Edouard Molinaro Produced by Roger Debelmas Written by André Couteaux
Edouard MolinaroStarring Jacques Brel
Claude Jade
Bernard AlaneMusic by Jacques Brel Release date(s) 28 November 1969 (France) Running time 90 minutes Country France Language French Mon oncle Benjamin (English: My Uncle Benjamin) is a 1969 French film directed by Édouard Molinaro. The film is based on a once-popular French comic novel Mon oncle Benjamin by Claude Tillier (1842). The 1969 film Don't Grieve, directed by the Georgian Georgi Daneliya, is also based on Tillier's novel[1] The film was released 28 November 1969.
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Plot
The story is set in 1750 during the time of Louis XV. Benjamin (Jacques Brel) is a country doctor in love with the beautiful innkeeper's daughter, Manette, but she refuses his advances until he is produces a marriage contract. After suffering a humiliating practical joke and condemned to prison, Benjamin escapes with Manette, who realizes she prefers happiness to a marriage contract after all.[2][3]
Cast
- Jacques Brel – Benjamin Rathery
- Claude Jade – Manette
- Bernard Alane – Pont-Cassé
- Robert Dalban – Innkeeper
- Bernard Blier – Marquis
- Rosy Varte – Bettine
- Paul Frankeur – Minxit
- Lyne Chardonnet – Arabelle
- Armand Mestral – Machecourt
- Paul Préboist – Parlenta
References
- ^ Holder, Samuel (January 22 2002). "Claude Tillier - Mon oncle Benjamin". Culture & Révolution. http://culture.revolution.free.fr/critiques/Claude_Tillier-Mon_oncle_Benjamin.html. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
- ^ Editions Jacques Brel "Films". http://www.jacquesbrel.be/index2.cfm?lg=EN&pg=filmo&part=acteur Editions Jacques Brel. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
- ^ IMDB "Mon oncle Benjamin". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122617/ IMDB. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
External links
- My Uncle Benjamin at the Internet Movie Database
- Mon oncle Benjamin at AllRovi
- Picture Jacques Brel and Claude Jade
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