Mon oncle Benjamin
1969 Comedy   
 
Credits
  • Director: Edouard Molinaro
  • Script: André Couteaux, Jean-François Hauduroy, Edouard Molinaro, Claude Tillier (novel)
  • Photo: Alain Levent
  • Music: Jacques Brel, François Rauber, François de Roubaix
  • Cast: Jacques Brel (Benjamin Rathery), Claude Jade (Manette), Bernard Alane (vicomte Hector de Pont-Cassé), Rosy Varte (Bettine, soeur de Benjamin), Paul Frankeur (Docteur Minxit), Alfred Adam (Le sergent), Bernard Blier (Marquis de Cambyse), Lyne Chardonnet (Arabelle Minxit), Robert Dalban (Jean-Francois, l'aubergiste)
  • Country: Italy / France
  • Language: French
  • Runtime: 95 min
  • Aka: My Uncle Benjamin; The Adventures of Uncle Benjamin; Uncle Benjamin
 
 
 
Summary
The date is 1750. Benjamin (Jacques Brel) is in love with Manette (Claude Jade), the innkeeper's beautiful daughter, but she has no intention of giving in to the young doctor until she sees the marriage contract. Later Benjamin is subjected by the Marquis de Camyse (Bernard Blier) to a humiliating practical joke. Benjamin is condemned to penal servitude. Benjamin, now free, takes to the road, taking with him Manette, who has at last given in to him, having decided that she prefers happiness to a marriage contract.
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