L'Avare (film)
L'Avare is a 1980 French comedy film written and directed by Louis de Funès and Jean Girault, and starring de Funès. The English title of the film is The Miser. It is an adaptation of Molière's famous comedy L'Avare (The Miser).
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| Directed by | Louis de Funès Jean Girault |
| Produced by | Christian Fechner Bernard Artigues |
| Written by | Louis de Funès Jean Girault |
| Based on | L'Avare by Molière |
| Starring | Louis de Funès |
| Music by | Jean Bizet |
| Cinematography | Edmond Richard |
| Edited by | Michel Lewin |
| Distributed by | A.M.L.F, Columbia Pictures (North America) |
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Running time | 125 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | $18.3 million [1] |
De Funès tried to draw out the unhappy side of the character. Harpagon, unloved by humanity, is driven to an obsessive love of money.[2]
Cast
- Louis de Funès: Harpagon
- Frank David: Cléante
- Hervé Bellon: Valère
- Michel Galabru: Maître Jacques
- Georges Audoubert: Anselme
- Claude Gensac: Frosine
- Claire Dupray: Élise, Miser's daughter
- Anne Caudry: Marianne, Cléante's girlfriend
- Bernard Menez: La Flèche, Cléante's valet
- Henri Génès: the commissioner
- Michel Modo: la Merluche, Harpagon's attendant
- Guy Grosso: Brindavoine, Harpagon's attendant
- Max Montavon: Maître Simon
- Micheline Bourday: Dame Claude, the housemaid
- Madeleine Barbulée: Marianne's mother
Reception
The film is rated 70% Fresh by Rotten Tomatoes.[3]
References
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