Boudu (2005)

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 (play), Gérard Jugnot (adaptation)

Stars:

Gérard Depardieu, Gérard Jugnot, Constance Dollé

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gérard Depardieu	...	Boudu
Gérard Jugnot	...	Christian Lespinglet
Catherine Frot	...	Yseult Lespinglet
Constance Dollé	...	Coralie
Bonnafet Tarbouriech	...	Perez
Hubert Saint-Macary	...	Bob
Dominique Ratonnat	...	Le médecin
Jean-Paul Rouve	...	Hubert
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	...	L'amateur à la galerie d'art

Storyline

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

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Plot Keywords:

suicide attempt | rescue from drowning | psychiatrist | art gallery | based on play | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Visa d'exploitation en France : #110324

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Connections

Features Qui veut gagner des millions? (2000)

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Soundtracks

Pas maintenant
Lyrics and music by J. Setti
Performed by Martine Baujoud
AZ Records
Copyright 1968

User Reviews

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.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [France]

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

9 March 2005 (France)

Also Known As:

Bomlott Boudu beköltözött

Filming Locations:

Environs d'Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$8,568,040

Company Credits

Production Co:

GMT Productions, Novo Arturo Films, DD Productions

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1