My Uncle Benjamin

1969 [FRENCH]

Action / Comedy

7
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 852 852

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Director

Édouard Molinaro Photo
Édouard Molinaro

Top cast

Bernard Blier Photo
Bernard Blier as Le marquis de Cambyse
Jean-Louis Tristan Photo
Jean-Louis Tristan as Le sergent
Carlo Alighiero Photo
Carlo Alighiero as L'intendant du marquis
Guy Delorme Photo
Guy Delorme as Un laquais
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853.46 MB
1204*720
French 2.0
NR
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24 fps
1 hr 32 min
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1.55 GB
1792*1072
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 32 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by gtran

Picaresque and highly entertaining

I have fond memories of this movie, which used to be shown on French TV repeatedly in the 70's, and not only because of Jacques Brel. This is picaresque at its best, the story of a XVIIIe Century country doctor prone to applied libertinism (preferably in haystacks with well-endowed girls) and free-thinking. Shot in 1969, its "paillardise" - bawdiness - is perhaps as faithful to the original novel as to its own time, and absolutely enjoyable. Think about a mixture of Cyrano and Tom Jones (the movie, not the singer). Brel is wonderful, though again the sympathetic proto-revolutionary hero, as are Claude Jade and the rest of a colorful cast.
Reviewed by dbdumonteil

Uncle Brel

The first picture is a painting ,while a voice over tells us that ,when king Louis XV was reigning,France was the country of the Douceur de Vivre .An idyllic view ,which must be far from the reality,but who cares? This is a vivid picaresque story,full of Joie de Vivre,which features singer Jacques Brel as a bon vivant, a womanizer fond of the bottle,but who falls for the innkeeper's daughter,played by Truffaut's protégée ,Claude Jade.Besides he is a doctor,who treats the Poor for free.His worst enemy is the Marquis de Cambyse who humiliates him by forcing him to kiss his a.....The wind of the soon-to-come revolution is softly blowing in the wind.But it does blow.
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