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Boudu

2005 · 104 min

A scruffy, good-natured farce where a chaotic stranger upends a stressed man's tidy life, played for broad laughs and mild social satire.

Directed by
Gérard Jugnot
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Frot, Gérard Jugnot
Tagline
we have a BIG problem
Overview
A modern remake of Renoir's classic film. Aix-en-Provence, a spring night. Christian Lespinglet, an over-indebted gallery owner, rescues a homeless man, Boudu, from the waters of a canal who was trying to drown himself. Heroic to his detriment, he brings him home, for a few hours only... The incongruous arrival of Boudu will act like a mad dog in the game of skittles that is Christian's life...

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Directed by
Gérard Jugnot
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Frot, Gérard Jugnot
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • family
  • identity
  • deception
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour7
Realism7
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Gérard Jugnot
Written by
Philippe Lopes-Curval
Starring
Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Frot, Gérard Jugnot, Constance Dollé, Jean-Paul Rouve, Serge Riaboukine, Hubert Saint-Macary, Bonnafet Tarbouriech
Cinematography
Gérard Simon
Runtime
104 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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