Boudu

France

2005

105 Min

Color

French

Currently 1.7/5 Stars.
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SCR Philippe Lopes-Curval, René Fauchois

CAST Gérard Depardieu, Gérard Jugnot, Catherine Frot, Constance Dollé, Bonnafet Tarbouriech

One night, art dealer Christian Lespinglet plans to seduce his assistant Coralie and ends up saving a tramp, Boudu, from drowning. Reluctantly, Christian offers Boudu a place to spend the night, in his gallery. His wife Yseult, a neurotic depressive hypochondriac, takes an unexpected interest in the vulgar tramp and decides that he should stay a while longer. The distraction allows Christian to carry on his affair with Coralie. Little does he know that Boudu finds both women desirable –filmsdefrance.com

Director

Gérard Jugnot

Gérard Jugnot (born 4 May 1951 in Paris) is a French actor, film director, screenwriter and producer.

Jugnot was one of the founders of the comedy troupe Le Splendid in the 1970s, along with, among others, his high-school friends Christian Clavier, Thierry Lhermitte, and Michel Blanc. The group adapted a number of its stage hits for the cinema and was extremely successful in films such as Les Bronzés (1978), Les Bronzés font du ski (1979) and Le Père Noël est une ordure (1982).

Jugnot gained international fame for his lead role in Les Choristes in which he played Clément Mathieu. The last movie he directed was Rose et Noir (2008).

Jugnot is the father of comedian Arthur Jugnot, born in 1980 to Jugnot and wardrobe designer Cécile Magnan.

He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d’honneur in 2004. —Wikipedia