Henri
1860年、夏のフランス。パリで金物商を営むデュフール（アンドレ・ガブリエロ）は、妻ジュリエット（ジャヌ・マルカン）、義母（ガブリエル・フォンタン）、まな娘アンリエット（シルヴィア・バタイユ）、そして彼女の婚約者で婿養子となる予定のアナトール（ポール・タン）とピクニックに出掛ける。馬車を走らせて田舎にやって来た彼らは、太陽の光や草木の匂いを楽しみながら穏やかな一日を過ごそうとする。そんな中アンリエットは、舟こぎの青年アンリ（ジョルジュ・サン＝サーンス）から舟で川に出ないかと誘われる。
un employé d'épicerie
François Chotard, wholesale grocer, gives his daughter in marriage to Julien Collinet, a writer who prefers dreaming to working, a situation conducive to quarrels between the son and the father- in-law. Until the day when Julien receives the Prix Goncourt, prestigious literary award. Chotard has a sudden change of heart.
Un Invité à la Noce (uncredited)
Michel Simon gives one of the most memorable performances in screen history as Boudu, a Parisian tramp who takes a suicidal plunge into the Seine and is rescued by a well-to-do bookseller, Edouard Lestingois. The Lestingois family decides to take in the irrepressible bum, and he shows his gratitude by shaking the household to its foundations. With Boudu Saved from Drowning, legendary director Jean Renoir takes advantage of a host of Parisian locations and the anarchic charms of his lead actor to create an effervescent satire of the bourgeoisie.
Assistant Director
Michel Simon gives one of the most memorable performances in screen history as Boudu, a Parisian tramp who takes a suicidal plunge into the Seine and is rescued by a well-to-do bookseller, Edouard Lestingois. The Lestingois family decides to take in the irrepressible bum, and he shows his gratitude by shaking the household to its foundations. With Boudu Saved from Drowning, legendary director Jean Renoir takes advantage of a host of Parisian locations and the anarchic charms of his lead actor to create an effervescent satire of the bourgeoisie.
