Boudu Saved from Drowning
- Boudu Saved from Drowning
Infobox Film
name = Boudu Saved from Drowning
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caption = DVD cover
director = Jean Renoir
producer = Michel Simon
writer = René Fauchois (play)
Jean Renoir
narrator =
starring = Michel Simon
music = Léo Daniderff (uncredited), Johann Strauss ("An der schönen, brauen Donau")
cinematography =
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distributor =
released = 1932
runtime = 81 min.
country = FRA
language = French
budget =
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amg_id = 1:6789
imdb_id = 0022718
"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.
Plot summary
After well-to-do bookseller Edouard Lestingois (Charles Granval) rescues a tramp, Boudu, from a suicidal plunge into the river Seine, his family adopts the bum and dedicates itself to reforming him. 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.
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&
* Charles Granval, Sociétaire de la Comédie Française as Édouard Lestingoiswith (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. 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.
External links
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* " [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/boudu_saved_from_drowning/ Bondu Saved from Drowning] " at Rotten Tomatoes
* [http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=305&eid=430§ion=essay Criterion Collection essay by Christopher Faulkner]
* [http://factualopinion.typepad.com/the_factual_opinion/2007/09/boudu-sauv-des-.html Review at The Factual Opinion]
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