Mon oncle Benjamin
- Jacques Brel: Benjamin
- Claude Jade: Manette
- Bernard Alane: Hector
- Bernard Blier: Cambyse
- Rosy Varte: Bettine
- Robert Dalban: Manettes father
- Paul Frankeur: Minxit
- Lyne Chardonnet: Arabelle Minxit
- Paul Préboist: Parlenta
- Alfred Adam: Sergeant
- Armand Mestral: Machecourt
The man in red skirt (AKA Mon oncle Benjamin, DDR Title: My Uncle Benjamin ) is a French film directed by Édouard Molinaro from 1969, the My Uncle Benjamin by Claude Tillier was created on motives of the novel.
Content
France in the 17th century. Country Doctor Benjamin loves innkeeper's daughter Manette, whose father wants to marry off his daughter for profit. Manette is even ready to be abducted by Benjamin - but only with subsequent marriage certificate. Benjamin fears the marriage. But Manette is in Hector de Pont- Cassé an ally. Pont- Cassé must protect them from the vengeance of the Marquis de Cambyse, a villainous nobleman, the Benjamin played a prank Benjamin. But Pont- Cassés influence preserved Benjamin not before the departure into exile. At the end Manette accompanied her Benjamin - even without marriage - into exile.
Comments
The film "Mon Oncle Benjamin " was commissioned by the Film Review Board on June 8, 1973, the ratings of "highly valuable" (PDF)
In the novel by Claude Tillier is - even before the senses merry landlady Manette - the doctor's daughter Arabelle female protagonist. The site offered the role of Arabelle appeared Claude Jade as too pale. So Molinaro changed the script and Claude Jade played the Manette.
Also In 1969, the Georgian film The Banquet of Rose on motifs of the novel by Tillier. The film finds its main plotline in the farewell dinner of the dying doctor Minxit, to which he invites his friends.
Unlike the novel
In the novel, Benjamin advertises namely by landlady Manette, however, is in love with the fragile Arabelle. These dies during the abduction by her lover Pont- Cassé. In the film, Manette is the only object of desire. She goes on with Benjamin while Pont- Cassé with Arabelle is happy.
Reviews
"After a classic French picaresque novel coarse - cheerful nature told. The stylistic inconsistency and some clumsy vulgarity reduce the entertainment value. "