Boudu Saved from Drowning

Saturday, March 2, 2013

New digital restoration!

Boudu (the irrepressible and unforgettable Michel Simon), a Parisian tramp, tries to end it all with a plunge into the river, only to be saved by a well-meaning bookseller. But when his rescuer offers him shelter, Boudu’s anarchic charms rock the household to its foundations. Shot largely on location along the quays of the Seine, Renoir’s freewheeling satire of bourgeois respectability is one of the master’s most innovative early works; it remains, in the words of critic Dave Kehr, “as informal, beguiling, and subversive as its eponymous hero.” Screening in a digital restoration.

Part of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2013.

 

• Country France
• Language In French with English subtitles
• Rating NR
• Year 1932
• Running Time 85 minutes
• Director Jean Renoir

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