L'avare (film)
| L'avare | |
|---|---|
| Directed by |
Louis de Funès Jean Girault |
| Produced by |
Christian Fechner Bernard Artigues |
| Written by |
Louis de Funès Jean Girault |
| Starring | Louis de Funès |
| Music by | Jean Bizet |
| Cinematography | Edmond Richard |
| Edited by | Michel Lewin |
| Distributed by | A.M.L.F |
Release dates |
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Running time | 125 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | $18,250,890 [1] |
L'avare is a French comedy movie from 1980, directed by Louis de Funès and Jean Girault, written by Louis de Funès and Jean Girault, and starring by Louis de Funès. The English title of the film is The Miser. It is an adaptation of Molière's famous comedy L'Avare ou L'École du mensonge (The Miser).
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
- Guy Grosso: Brindavoine
- Claude Gensac: Frosine
- Henri Génès: commissioner
- 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
- Max Montavon: Maître Simon
- Micheline Bourday: Dame Claude, the housemaid
- Madeleine Barbulée: Marianne's mother
Reception
The film is still unrated by Rotten Tomatoes.[3]
References
External links
- L'Avare at the Internet Movie Database
- L'avare at AllMovie
- L'Avare (1980) Films de France
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