My Uncle Benjamin (1969 film)
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Edouard Molinaro
Jean-François Hauduroy
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| Directed by | Edouard Molinaro |
| Written by | André Couteaux Edouard Molinaro Jean-François Hauduroy |
| Based on | My Uncle Benjamin by Claude Tillier |
| Produced by | Alain Poiré |
| Starring | Jacques Brel Claude Jade Bernard Alane |
| Cinematography | Alain Levent |
| Edited by | Monique Isnardon Robert Isnardon |
| Music by | Jacques Brel |
Production companies | Euro International Films Gaumont International |
| Distributed by | Gaumont Distribution |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Countries | France Italy |
| Language | French |
| Box office | $20.4 million[1] |
My Uncle Benjamin (French: Mon oncle Benjamin) is a 1969 French-Italian historical comedy film directed by Édouard Molinaro and starring Jacques Brel, Claude Jade and Bernard Alane.[2] It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location around Yonne. The film's sets were designed by the art director François de Lamothe. The film is based on a once-popular French comic novel My Uncle Benjamin by Claude Tillier (1843).[3] The 1969 film Don't Grieve,[4] directed by the Georgian Georgi Daneliya, is also based on Tillier's novel as was Francis Bousquet's 1942 comic opera Mon oncle Benjamin.[5][6] The film was released on 28 November 1969.
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.[7][8]
Cast
- Jacques Brel as Benjamin Rathery
- Claude Jade as Manette
- Bernard Alane as Pont-Cassé
- Robert Dalban as Innkeeper
- Bernard Blier as Marquis
- Rosy Varte as Bettine
- Paul Frankeur as Minxit
- Lyne Chardonnet as Arabelle
- Armand Mestral as Machecourt
- Paul Préboist as Parlenta
- Daniela Surina as Marquise of Cambyse
- Christine Aurel as Madame Chapelle
- Gérard Boucaron as Le docteur Fata
