Mon oncle Benjamin
| Mon oncle Benjamin | |
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 Mon oncle Benjamin film poster | |
| Directed by | Edouard Molinaro |
| Written by | André Couteaux Edouard Molinaro |
| Produced by | Alain Poiré |
| Starring | Jacques Brel Claude Jade Bernard Alane |
| Music by | Jacques Brel |
| Distributed by | Gaumont Distribution |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | $20.4 million[1] |
Mon oncle Benjamin (My Uncle Benjamin) is a 1969 French film directed by Édouard Molinaro, starring Jacques Brel and Claude Jade. The film is based on a once-popular French comic novel Mon oncle Benjamin by Claude Tillier (1842).[2] The 1969 film Don't Grieve,[3] directed by the Georgian Georgi Daneliya, is also based on Tillier's novel as was Francis Bousquet's 1942 comic opera Mon oncle Benjamin.[4][5] The film was released on 28 November 1969.
Plot
[edit | edit source]The story is set in 1750 during the time of Louis XV. Benjamin (Jacques Brel) is a country doctor in love with the beautiful innkeeper's daughter, Manette (Claude Jade), but she refuses his advances until he produces a marriage contract. After suffering a humiliating practical joke and condemned to prison, Benjamin escapes with Manette, who realizes she prefers happiness to a marriage contract after all.[6][7]
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Jacques Brel – Benjamin Rathery
- Claude Jade – Manette
- Bernard Alane – Pont-Cassé
- Robert Dalban – Innkeeper
- Bernard Blier – Marquis
- Rosy Varte – Bettine
- Paul Frankeur – Minxit
- Lyne Chardonnet – Arabelle
- Armand Mestral – Machecourt
- Paul Préboist – Parlenta
- Daniela Surina – Marquise of Cambyse
References
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External links
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- Picture Jacques Brel and Claude Jade
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