| Mon oncle Benjamin | |
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 Mon oncle Benjamin film poster | |
| Directed by | Edouard Molinaro |
| Written by | André Couteaux Edouard Molinaro |
| Produced by | Alain Poiré |
| Starring | Jacques Brel Claude Jade Bernard Alane |
| Music by | Jacques Brel |
| Distributed by | Gaumont Distribution |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | $20.4 million[1] |
Mon oncle Benjamin (My Uncle Benjamin) is a 1969 French film directed byÉdouard Molinaro, starringJacques Brel andClaude Jade. The film is based on a once-popular French comic novelMon oncle Benjamin [fr] byClaude Tillier (1842).[2] The 1969 filmDon't Grieve,[3] directed by the GeorgianGeorgi Daneliya, is also based on Tillier's novel as wasFrancis Bousquet's 1942 comic operaMon oncle Benjamin.[4][5] The film was released on 28 November 1969.
The story is set in 1750 during the time ofLouis 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.[6][7]
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