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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).
| L'Avare | |
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| Directed by | Louis de Funès Jean Girault |
| Written by | Louis de Funès Jean Girault |
| Based on | L'Avare by Molière |
| Produced by | Christian Fechner Bernard Artigues |
| Starring | Louis de Funès |
| Cinematography | Edmond Richard |
| Edited by | Michel Lewin |
| Music by | Jean Bizet |
| Distributed by | A.M.L.F, Columbia Pictures (North America) |
Release date |
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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
edit- Louis de Funès: Harpagon
- Franck Cabot-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
editThe film is rated 70% Fresh by Rotten Tomatoes.[3]
References
edit- ^ "L\'Avare (1980)". JPBox-Office. 1980-03-28. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
- ^ "L'Avare (1980) / The Miser / Louis de Funès /1980 / Film Review". Filmsdefrance.com. 2017-08-25. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
- ^ L'Avare at Rotten Tomatoes
External links
edit- L'Avare at IMDb
- L'Avare at AllMovie
- L'Avare (1980) Films de France
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