Boudu Saved from Drowning(1932)
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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Priape Boudu
Emma Lestingois
Chloë Anne Marie, la Bonne
Vigour
Godin
L'Étudiant
Édouard Lestingois
la petite fille
Le Poète (uncredited)
Un Invité à la Noce (uncredited)
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