Boudu Saved From Drowning
1932
Boudu is 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. Read more
| Starring | Michel Simon, Charles Granval, Jean Daste |
|---|---|
| Director | Jean Renoir |
| Genres | Comedy, World Cinema |
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Boudu Saved From Drowning
Boudu is 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.
| Starring | Michel Simon, Charles Granval, Jean Daste |
|---|---|
| Director | Jean Renoir |
| Studio | OPTIMUM HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 20 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: French |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 27 Jan 2003 Production year: 1932 |
| Format | DVD |
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Jean Renoir's classic farce-cum-satire of middle-class ways will seem familiar to anyone who has seen Down and Out in Beverly Hills — Hollywood's 1986 remake. Boudu, a particularly smelly and ill-natured tramp, is saved from suicide in the Seine by Monsieur Lastingois, a nice, middle-class chap, who invites Boudu into his home. Once installed, the tramp shows his gratitude by wreaking havoc on the household. It's a neat idea, executed to fine comic effect.
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Boudu, a scrofulous, anarchic tramp, is saved from a watery suicide by the well-intentioned but irredeemably bourgeois... read more on Time Out
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8 out of 8 people found this review helpful
Smiling, not drowning
Boudu Saved From Drowning is a quirky, unique film.
It presents a middle-class Parisian household whose routines and respectability are disrupted after the man of the house rescues a suicidal, wild tramp from the river.
The consequences are amusing and thought-provoking, and the whole film is beautifully directed by Jean Renoir, son of the 19th century painter.
The film was not seen in Britain until the 1960s and in many ways seems ahead of its time. Boudu is the roguish antithesis of Chaplin's lovable tramp.
It may lack the slick speed we are used to, but this is charmingly, intelligently executed, and beautifully preserved in this edition. -
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8 out of 8 people found this review helpful
Smiling, not drowning
Boudu Saved From Drowning is a quirky, unique film.
It presents a middle-class Parisian household whose routines and respectability are disrupted after the man of the house rescues a suicidal, wild tramp from the river.
The consequences are amusing and thought-provoking, and the whole film is beautifully directed by Jean Renoir, son of the 19th century painter.
The film was not seen in Britain until the 1960s and in many ways seems ahead of its time. Boudu is the roguish antithesis of Chaplin's lovable tramp.
It may lack the slick speed we are used to, but this is charmingly, intelligently executed, and beautifully preserved in this edition. -
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Boudu Saved From Drowning
Boudu is 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....
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