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Boudu Saved from Drowning
Boudu sauvé des eaux
Directed by Jean Renoir
1932•1h 24m•NR•★ 6.9
Comedy
Synopsis
A bourgeois Parisian bookseller rescues a suicidal, shaggy tramp who leaped into the Seine after losing his dog, inviting him into his respectable home only for the ungrateful, anarchic tramp to seduce his wife, seduce his maid, and wreck bourgeois order. Jean Renoir's anarchic pre-Code satire starring Michel Simon in a legendary comic performance.
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Cast & Crew
DirectorJean Renoir
WriterJean RenoirAlbert Valentin
CinematographyGeorges AsselinMarcel Lucien
Principal Cast
Michel SimonPriape Boudu
Marcelle HainiaEmma Lestingois
Sévérine LerczinskaChloë Anne Marie, la Bonne
Jean GehretVigour
Max DalbanGodin
Jean DastéL'Étudiant
Charles GranvalÉdouard Lestingois
Geneviève Cadixla petite fille
Technical Specifications
Runtime1h 24m (84 mins)
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DirectorJean Renoir
LanguagesFrench
CountryFR
StudioMichel Simon - Jean Renoir
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