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  read more... )he shows his gratitude by shaking the household to its foundations.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 21 min.

Directed by: Jean Renoir

Release Date: November 1, 1932

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DVD Release Date: August 23, 2005

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  • December 12, 2007
    Enjoyable piece from Renoir with some genuinely amusing moments. Worth a look
  • November 25, 2009
    Um, 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.
  • June 3, 2009
    Beautifully 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
  • November 27, 2008
    Interesting 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)he better hadn't save him, if he's not happy.
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    The remake is funnier, but this 1 was prettx good.
  • September 1, 2007
    The lead performance by Michel Simon is hilarious and moving. Charming story with a timeless message.
  • June 21, 2007
    In 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)some of the strange situations and there is an interesting reference to Charles Baudelaire as part of a humorous scene in the film. The film caused me to laugh out loud several other times. The film transcends prewar French society and still seems relevant today. It is fairly simple plotwise, get compelling. I recommend watching it.

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