Boudu Saved from Drowning

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. 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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  Jean Renoir
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  Jacques Becker
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  Georges D'Arnoux

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  Michel Simon
  Priape Boudu
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  Marcelle Hainia
  Emma Lestingois
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  Sévérine Lerczinska
  Chloë Anne Marie, la Bonne
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  Jean Gehret
  Vigour
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  Max Dalban
  Godin
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  Jean Dasté
  L'Étudiant
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  Charles Granval
  Édouard Lestingois
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  Geneviève Cadix
  la petite fille
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  Jacques Becker
  Le Poète (uncredited)
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  Georges D'Arnoux
  Un Invité à la Noce (uncredited)
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  Régine Lutèce
  la jeune femme au chien perdu
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  Jane Pierson
  Rose, la Voisine (uncredited)