Boudu Saved from Drowning 2639712 188785565 2008-02-03T12:01:49Z Andrzejbanas 1719098 /* External links */ cats {{Infobox Film | name = Boudu Saved from Drowning | image = 305 boudu.jpg | image_size = | caption = DVD cover | director = [[Jean Renoir]] | producer = [[Michel Simon]] | writer = [[René Fauchois]] (play)<br />Jean Renoir<br /> | narrator = | starring = [[Michel Simon]]<br /> | music = [[Léo Daniderff]] (uncredited), [[Johann Strauss]] ("An der schönen, brauen Donau") | cinematography = | editing = | distributor = | released = [[1932 in film|1932]] | runtime = 81 min. | country = {{FRA}} | language = [[French language|French]] | budget = | preceded_by = | followed_by = | website = | amg_id = 1:6789 | imdb_id = 0022718 }} '''''Boudu Saved from Drowning''''' (''French:'' '''''Boudu sauvé des eaux''''') is a [[1932 in film|1932]] [[France|French]] [[film]], directed by [[Jean Renoir]]. Renoir wrote the film's screenplay, from the play by [[René Fauchois]]. The film stars [[Michel Simon]] as Boudu. == Plot summary== After well-to-do bookseller Edouard Lestingois (Charles Granval) rescues a tramp, Boudu, from a suicidal plunge into the river [[Seine]], his family adopts the bum and dedicates itself to reforming him. Boudu (Michel Simon) shows his gratitude by shaking the household to its foundations, challenging the hidebound principles of his hosts and seducing them with his anarchic charm. ==Cast== * [[Michel Simon]] as Priape Boudu * [[Marcelle Hainia]] as Emma Lestingois * [[Séverine Lerczinska]] as Anne Marie, la bonne (Chloë) * [[Jean Gehret|Gehret]] as Vigour * [[Max Dalban|Dalban]] as Godin * [[Jean Dasté|Dasté]] as L'étudiant & * [[Charles Granval|Charles Granval, Sociétaire de la Comédie Française]] as Édouard Lestingois with (uncredited) * [[Jacques Becker]] as Le poète * [[Georges D'Arnoux]] as Un invité à la noce * [[Régine Lutèce]] as La promeneuse * [[Jane Pierson]] as Rose, la voisine ==Remake== The film was remade in 1986 for an American audience as ''[[Down and Out in Beverly Hills]]'', directed by [[Paul Mazursky]]. Another remake, ''[[Boudu]]'', was released in 2005. [[Gérard Jugnot]] directed, from a screenplay by [[Philippe Lopes-Curval]]. It starred [[Gérard Depardieu]] as Boudu. Both are adaptation of René Fauchois' play, not remake of Jean Renoir film. ==External links== * {{imdb title|id=0022718|title=Boudu Saved from Drowning}} * ''[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/boudu_saved_from_drowning/ Bondu Saved from Drowning]'' at [[Rotten Tomatoes]] * [http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=305&eid=430&section=essay Criterion Collection essay by Christopher Faulkner] * [http://factualopinion.typepad.com/the_factual_opinion/2007/09/boudu-sauv-des-.html Review at The Factual Opinion] [[Category:1932 films]] [[Category:French films]] [[Category:French-language films]] [[Category:1930s comedy films]] [[Category:Films directed by Jean Renoir]] [[Category:Black and white films]] {{France-film-stub}} [[fr:Boudu sauvé des eaux (film, 1932)]]