Boudu Saved from Drowning

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Boudu Saved from Drowning

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Directed by Jean Renoir
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 Flag of France France
Language French
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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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[edit] 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.

[edit] 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 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

[edit] 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.

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