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Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)

★ 7.0/10 84 min Comedy France French
Director: Jean Renoir
Screenplay by: Albert Valentin, Jean Renoir
Theatre Play: René Fauchois
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Michel Simon gives one of the most memorable performances in screen history as Boudu, a Parisian tramp who takes a suicidal plunge into the Seine and is rescued by a well-to-do bookseller, Edouard Lestingois. The Lestingois family decides to take in the irrepressible bum, and he shows his gratitude by shaking the household to its foundations. With Boudu Saved from Drowning, legendary director Jean Renoir takes advantage of a host of Parisian locations and the anarchic charms of his lead actor to create an effervescent satire of the bourgeoisie.

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Michel Simon
Michel Simon Priape Boudu
Marcelle Hainia
Marcelle Hainia Emma Lestingois
Sévérine Lerczinska
Sévérine Lerczinska Chloë Anne Marie, la Bonne
Jean Gehret
Jean Gehret Vigour
Max Dalban
Max Dalban Godin
Jean Dasté
Jean Dasté L'Étudiant
Charles Granval
Charles Granval Édouard Lestingois
Geneviève Cadix
Geneviève Cadix la petite fille

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