This social comedy is another masterpiece from Renoir. Made in 1932 but lost, then finally released in 1967 in the US, this film is a timeless satire on middle-class values centering on Boudu (Michel Simon), an archetypal tramp about to commit suicide in grief, apparently, over the loss
of his dog. He leaps into the Seine from the Pont des Arts, but is saved by bourgeois bookseller Lestingois (Charles Granval), who takes Boudu home and tries to start him on the road to a productive, responsible life. Boudu, however, is a protohippie--a long-haired, bearded believer in freedom and
anarchy. During his stay in Lastingois' very proper household, he turns the place into...
Released:
1932
Rated:
NR
Length:
84 mins