Mon oncle Benjamin
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 Mon oncle Benjamin film poster |
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| Directed by | Edouard Molinaro |
| Produced by | Roger Debelmas |
| Written by | André Couteaux Edouard Molinaro |
| Starring | Jacques Brel Claude Jade Bernard Alane |
| Music by | Jacques Brel |
| Release date(s) | November 28, 1969 (France) |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Mon oncle Benjamin (My Uncle Benjamin) is a 1969 French film directed by Édouard Molinaro. The film is based on a once-popular French comic novel Mon oncle Benjamin by Claude Tillier (1842). The 1969 film Don't Grieve, directed by the Georgian Georgi Daneliya, is also based on Tillier's novel[1] The film was released November 28, 1969.
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[edit] Plot
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, 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.[2][3]
[edit] Cast
- 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
[edit] References
- ^ Holder, Samuel (January 22, 2002). "Claude Tillier – Mon oncle Benjamin". Culture & Révolution. http://culture.revolution.free.fr/critiques/Claude_Tillier-Mon_oncle_Benjamin.html. Retrieved January 19, 2009.
- ^ Editions Jacques Brel "Films". http://www.jacquesbrel.be/index2.cfm?lg=EN&pg=filmo&part=acteur Editions Jacques Brel. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
- ^ IMDB "Mon oncle Benjamin". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122617/ IMDB. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
[edit] External links
- My Uncle Benjamin at the Internet Movie Database
- Mon oncle Benjamin at AllRovi
- Picture Jacques Brel and Claude Jade
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