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Boudu Saved From Drowning

1932, Movie, NR, 84 mins

Boudu Saved From Drowning: Review

BOUDU SAVED FROM DROWNING | BOUDU SAUVE DES EAUX

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 pro... read more leave a comment