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Boudu Saved from Drowning

Boudu Saved from Drowning

1932, Movie, 1h 24min

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.

Country: France

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Jacques Becker,

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9.0

Reviews

Critic William Thomas

rated

8

With a killer premise [Renoir] finds farce and satire in the hobo-in-the-home shenanigans, captured in trademark deep, long takes.

Read full review at Empire

Critic Peter Bradshaw

rated

10

Almost 80 years on, it still has a superb energy.

Read full review at The Guardian

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