Boudu Saved from Drowning
Boudu sauvé des eaux
1932, Film, 85 min, Comedy, French, France, MoviePedia score 68
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.
Directed by Jean Renoir
Cast
- Michel Simon as Priape Boudu
- Marcelle Hainia as Emma Lestingois
- Sévérine Lerczinska as Chloë Anne Marie, la bonne
- Jean Gehret as Vigour
- Max Dalban as Godin
- Jean Dasté as L'étudiant
- Charles Granval as Édouard Lestingois
- Geneviève Cadix
- Jacques Becker as Le poète
- Georges D'Arnoux as Un invité à la noce
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