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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, directed by the Georgian Georgi Daneliya, is also based on Tillier's novel as was Francis Bousquet's 1942 comic opera Mon oncle Benjamin. The film was released on 28 November 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 (Claude Jade), 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.
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
External links
My Uncle Benjamin at IMDb
Mon oncle Benjamin at AllMovie
Picture Jacques Brel and Claude Jade
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