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Boudu

  • 2005
  • 1h 44m
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
1.3K
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Boudu (2005)
Comedy

Light-hearted, social comedy about the house guest from Hell. A modern remake of Renoir's classic film about a vagabond saved from drowning.Light-hearted, social comedy about the house guest from Hell. A modern remake of Renoir's classic film about a vagabond saved from drowning.Light-hearted, social comedy about the house guest from Hell. A modern remake of Renoir's classic film about a vagabond saved from drowning.

  • Director
    • Gérard Jugnot
  • Writers
    • René Fauchois
    • Gérard Jugnot
    • Philippe Lopes-Curval
  • Stars
    • Gérard Depardieu
    • Gérard Jugnot
    • Constance Dollé
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.3/10
    1.3K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Gérard Jugnot
    • Writers
      • René Fauchois
      • Gérard Jugnot
      • Philippe Lopes-Curval
    • Stars
      • Gérard Depardieu
      • Gérard Jugnot
      • Constance Dollé
    • 5User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Gérard Depardieu and Jean-Paul Rouve in Boudu (2005)
    Gérard Depardieu in Boudu (2005)
    Gérard Depardieu and Gérard Jugnot in Boudu (2005)
    Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Frot, and Gérard Jugnot in Boudu (2005)
    Gérard Jugnot in Boudu (2005)
    Catherine Frot and Gérard Jugnot in Boudu (2005)
    Gérard Jugnot, Jean-Paul Rouve, and Constance Dollé in Boudu (2005)
    Boudu (2005)

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    Gérard Depardieu
    Gérard Depardieu
    • Boudu
    Gérard Jugnot
    Gérard Jugnot
    • Christian Lespinglet
    Constance Dollé
    Constance Dollé
    • Coralie
    Catherine Frot
    Catherine Frot
    • Yseult Lespinglet
    Bonnafet Tarbouriech
    Bonnafet Tarbouriech
    • Perez
    Hubert Saint-Macary
    • Bob
    Dominique Ratonnat
    • Le médecin
    Jean-Paul Rouve
    Jean-Paul Rouve
    • Hubert
    Serge Riaboukine
    Serge Riaboukine
    • Géronimo
    Jean-Pierre Foucault
    • Self
    Frédéric Restagno
    • Le premier pompier
    Marc Pistolesi
    • Le second pompier
    Agnès Regolo
    • La mère de Coralie
    • (as Agnès Régolo)
    Didier Lafaye
    • Le père de Coralie
    Philippe du Janerand
    Philippe du Janerand
    • L'amateur à la galerie d'art
    Christiane Conil
    • La cliente du marché
    Gérard Dubouche
    • Le poissonnier
    Fabien Aïssa Busetta
    • Un visiteur de la galerie d'art
    • (as Aïssa Busetta)
    • Director
      • Gérard Jugnot
    • Writers
      • René Fauchois
      • Gérard Jugnot
      • Philippe Lopes-Curval
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    • Trivia
      A remake of Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932). That film has also been remade as Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), with Nick Nolte in the Boudu roles. Nolte also appeared in Three Fugitives (1989), a remake of The Fugitives (1986),. Nolte took over Depardieu's role in that film as well.
    • Connections
      Featured in Gérard Jugnot - artisan réalisateur (2013)
    • Soundtracks
      L'Enlèvement au sérail
      Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Performed by the Wiener Philharmoniker (as Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra), conducted by Georg Solti

      Decca Records 1987

      With kind permission of Universal Music Projets Spéciaux

    User reviews5

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    5/10
    Enjoyable but tiresome
    This is a remake of Jean Renoir's Boudu Saved From Drowning (1932), which Paul Mazursky remade in Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986).

    I'm not sure why it had to be done again (a universal dearth of ideas possibly), but it's not a bad piece of fluff, an enjoyable waste of time. Its only real problem is its length: it just runs out steam. Jugnot and Depardieu are fun to watch for a while, but you just know their mutual fulminations and frustrations are going to wane; sure enough, it happens, at about the 75-minute mark. After that, it just goes downhill, and there just isn't any fun anymore.

    Depardieu offers us yet another self-mocking caricature of Gerard Depardieu. I like him a lot -- it's somehow endearing to see this universally known actor fearlessly showing his bulbous belly and nude derriere to a worldwide audience. It's somehow very European, or maybe just French. I've always loved Catherine Frot, and her ditzy performance adds a lot to the silliness.

    Good comedies are hard to find. One reason is that they can rarely sustain the comedy and the 'plot' convincingly over a feature length. This is the fate of this latest incarnation of Boudu.
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    • groggo
    • Jun 4, 2007

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 9, 2005 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Official site
      • Official site (France)
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Tenemos un problema gordo
    • Filming locations
      • Environs d'Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France(village house)
    • Production companies
      • GMT Productions
      • Novo Arturo Films
      • DD Productions
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $8,568,040
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 44 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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