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.
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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)
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