Mon oncle Benjamin

Mon oncle Benjamin
Mon oncle Benjamin film poster
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 dates	28 November 1969 (France)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Box office	$20.4 million[1]

Mon oncle Benjamin (My Uncle Benjamin) is a 1969 French film directed by Édouard Molinaro, starring Jacques Brel and Claude Jade. The film is based on a once-popular French comic novel Mon oncle Benjamin by Claude Tillier (1842). The 1969 film Don't Grieve,^[2] directed by the Georgian Georgi Daneliya, is also based on Tillier's novel^[3] The film was released November 28, 1969.

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.^[4][5]

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
• Daniela Surina – Marquise of Cambyse

References

1. http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=13897
2. Ne goryuy!. "IMDb".
3. Holder, Samuel (January 22, 2002). "Claude Tillier – Mon oncle Benjamin". Culture & Révolution. Retrieved January 19, 2009.
4. Editions Jacques Brel "Films" Check |url= value (help). Retrieved September 6, 2011.
5. IMDB "Mon oncle Benjamin" Check |url= value (help). Retrieved September 6, 2011.

External links

• My Uncle Benjamin at the Internet Movie Database
• Mon oncle Benjamin at AllMovie
• Picture Jacques Brel and Claude Jade