Boudu Saved from Drowning(Boudu sauvé des eaux)
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France · 1932
1h 24m
Director Jean Renoir
Starring Michel Simon, Marcelle Hainia, Sévérine Lerczinska, Jean Gehret
Genre Comedy
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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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