Description:
After well-to-do bookseller Edouard Lestingois (Charles Granval) rescues a tramp from a suicidal plunge into the Seine, his family adopts the bum and dedicates itself to reforming him. The irrepressible Boudu (Michel Simon) shows his gratitude by shaking the household to its foundations, challenging the hidebound principles of his hosts and seducing them with his anarchic charm. With Boudo Saved from Drowning, legendary director Jean Renoir takes advantage of a host of Parisian locations and a brilliant performance by Simon to create an effervescent satire of bourgeois complacency.
Special Features:
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- Archival footage by Jean Renoir
- Excerpts for a Cinéaste de notre temps program, featuring Renoir and Michel Simon
- New video interview with filmmaker Jean-Pierre Gorin
- Archival interview with Eric Rohmer
- Interactive map of 1930s Paris, featuring locations from the film
- A new essay by Renoir scholar Christopher Faulkner
- New and improved English subtitled translation
