Boudu Saved from Drowning [Criterion Collection]

Director: Jean Renoir

Overview

Having saved a scurvy street derelict from drowning himself, a wealthy Frenchman assumes responsibility for the fellow, who then proceeds to ingratiate himself into his benefactor's household with comical and confounding results. This classic Jean Renoir comedy was remade in 1986 as Down and Out in Beverly Hills.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/23/2005
UPC:	0037429207925
Original Release:	1932
Source:	CRITERION
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:24:00
Sales rank:	24,767

Special Features

New, restored high-definition digital transfer; Archival introduction by Jean Renoir; New video interview with filmmaker Jean-Pierre Gorin; Excerpt from a 1967 Cin?astes de notre temps program, featuring Renoir and Michel Simon; French television conversation between director Eric Rohmer and critic Jean Douchet; Interactive map of 1930s Paris, highlighting the film's locations; New and improved English subtitle translation; Plus: a new essay by Renoir scholar Christopher Faulkner

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Michel Simon	Boudu
Charles Grandval	Actor
Marcelle Hainia	Actor
Severine Lerczynska	Anne-Marie
Max Dalban	Godin
Jean Gehret	Vigour
Jacques Becker	Poet on a Bench
Jane Pierson	Rose, the Neighbor's Maid
George Darnoux	Marriage Guest,Wedding Guest
Charles Granval	Edouard Lestingois
S?v?rine Lerczinska	Anne-Marie
Jean Dast?	l'?tudiant
Genevieve Cadix	Actor
Georges D'Arnoux	un invit? ? la noce
R?gine Lut?ce	la promeneuse
Jean Daste	Actor
Johann Strauss	Composer
Leo Daniderff	Composer
Raphael	Composer

Technical Credits

Albert Valentin

Jean Renoir

Albert Valentine

Jean Gehret	Producer
Michel Simon	Producer
Albert Valentin	Screenwriter
Igor Kalinovski	Sound Effects
Jean Renoir	Screenwriter
Albert Valentine	Screenwriter

Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. A Nymph and Her Lovers [5:01]
2. Boudu [7:11]
3. A Perfect Tramp [5:00]
4. Saved From the Water [3:58]
5. Ungrateful [4:39]
6. A Demanding Guest [5:55]
7. Master of the House [2:36]
8. A Sleepless Night [4:02]
9. Lending a Hand [4:11]
10. Reprimanding Boudu [2:43]
11. Vying for a Kiss [5:40]
12. Second Thoughts [8:07]
13. Boudu Has His Way [5:05]
14. Decorated [2:10]
15. Rejection [4:05]
16. Secrets Revealed [3:20]
17. Return to the Water [4:23]
18. Boudu's Destiny [6:48]
19. Color Bars [:01]

Menu

Side #1 --
Jean Renoir Introduction
Play the Movie
Chapters
Supplements
Jean Renoir & Michel Simon
Jean-Pierre Gorin
Eric Rohmer & Jean Douchet
Boudu's Paris: An Interactive Map
Guided Tour
Subtitles
Subtitles: On
Subtitles: Off

Editorial Reviews

A classic black comedy from masterful French director Jean Renoir, Boudo Saved From Drowning is notable for its innovative film techniques, its bizarre characterizations, and its "modern" style of acting. It's the thin tale of a scruffy hobo (played by the film's producer, Michel Simon) whom a well-to-do French family saves from drowning. Instead of being grateful, he plagues the family, carrying on an affair with the lady of the household. Boudu soon became a minor classic of French cinema. It was not released in the United States until 1967, when it became an art-house hit. Years later, it inspired a remake set in the Los Angeles area, Down and Out in Beverly Hills.