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Boudu Saved from Drowning

Jean Renoir

 
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  • France
  • 1932
  • 84 minutes
  • Black and White
  • 1.33:1
  • French

SYNOPSIS: 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 (Charles Granval). 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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Cast

BouduMichel Simon
LestingoisCharles Granval
Madame LestingoisMarcelle Hainia
Anne MarieSéverine Lerczinska
VigourJean Gehret
GodinMax Dalban
The studentJean Dasté
The poetJacques Becker

Credits

DirectorJean Renoir
ScreenplayAlbert Valentin and Jean Renoir
After the play byRené Fauchois
ProducerMichel Simon, Jean Gehret and Marc Le Pelletier
Assistant directorJacques Becker and Georges Darnoux
CinematographyMarcel Lucien and Georges Asselin
EditingMarguerite Houllé and Suzanne de Troye
SoundIgor Kalinowski
SetsJean Castanier and Hugues Laurent

Disc Features

  • New, restored high-definition digital transfer
  • Archival introduction by Jean Renoir
  • New video interview with filmmaker Jean-Pierre Gorin
  • Excerpt from a 1967 Cinéastes de notre temps program, featuring Renoir and Michel Simon
  • French television conversation between director Eric Rohmer and critic Jean Douchet
  • Interactive map of 1930s Paris, highlighting the film’s locations
  • New and improved English subtitle translation
  • Plus: a new essay by Renoir scholar Christopher Faulkner

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Film Essays

Boudu Saved from Drowning:
Tramping in the City

By Christopher FaulknerAugust 22, 2005

When Jean Renoir looked back on Boudu Saved from Drowning from the vantage point of 1967, there were two aspects of the film that stood out in Read more »