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.

6.966

84 min

Cast

Michel Simon

as Priape Boudu

Marcelle Hainia

as Emma Lestingois

Sévérine Lerczinska

as Chloë Anne Marie, la Bonne

Jean Gehret

as Vigour

Max Dalban

as Godin

Jean Dasté

as L'Étudiant

Charles Granval

as Édouard Lestingois

Geneviève Cadix

as la petite fille

Jacques Becker

as Le Poète (uncredited)

Georges D'Arnoux

as Un Invité à la Noce (uncredited)

Régine Lutèce

as la jeune femme au chien perdu

Jane Pierson

as Rose, la Voisine (uncredited)

Director

Jean Renoir