December 12, 2007
Enjoyable piece from Renoir with some genuinely amusing moments. Worth a look
Charles Granval, Jane Pierson, Jean Daste
Boudu is 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 ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 23, 2005
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November 25, 2009Um, sounds like Les Miserables...only the roles are oddly reversed and Jean Valjean is the hooker and Satine is the well-to-do type person. Um, I think I'll pass.
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June 3, 2009Beautifully filmed, satirical and comedic fantasy from. With Simon in the lead, it's hard not to think of this in relation to the conclusion of La Chienne. NOTE 6/09 Not sure why the description says 1967 - This is an early sound film from 1932
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November 27, 2008Interesting story!
A tramp who's saved from drowning after he attempted to suicide stay at his rescuer's home. He acts like he was a king, and the guy who saved him, - and feeds and accomodates him -, is his slave. He doesn't want to leave his rescuer's home, and say to him that ...( read more) -
September 1, 2007The lead performance by Michel Simon is hilarious and moving. Charming story with a timeless message.
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June 21, 2007In a nutshell this film is about a French bookstore owner who saves a tramp from the river Seine and takes him in to his home where his wife and servant are. At times Boudu seemed like a strange film. Really though it just explores some of the strangeness of life. I appreciated ...( read more)
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