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For the silent film, see My Uncle Benjamin (1924 film). 1969 French film

Mon oncle Benjamin
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
Release date	28 November 1969 (1969-11-28) (France)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Box office	$20.4 million

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 [fr] 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

"Mon Oncle Benjamin (1969) - JPBox-Office".
Tillier, Claude (1917). My Uncle Benjamin. Translated by Seltzer, Adele Szold. New York: Boni and Liveright. Retrieved 27 October 2020 – via Internet Archive.
Ne goryuy! (May 8, 1970). "IMDb". IMDb.
Holder, Samuel (January 22, 2002). "Claude Tillier – Mon oncle Benjamin". Culture & Révolution. Retrieved January 19, 2009.
Yoken, Melvin B. (1978). "Claude Tillier". The Old Century and the New: Essays in Honor of Charles Angoff, pp. 228–229. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. ISBN 0838619541
"Films". Archived from Editions Jacques Brel the original on March 31, 2012. Retrieved September 6, 2011. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
IMDB "Mon oncle Benjamin". Retrieved September 6, 2011. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)

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v t e Films directed by Édouard Molinaro
Back to the Wall (1958) The Road to Shame (1959) Witness in the City (1959) A Mistress for the Summer (1960) The Passion of Slow Fire (1961) A Touch of Treason (1962) The Seven Deadly Sins (segment) (1962) Arsene Lupin vs. Arsene Lupin (1962) Agent 38-24-36 (1964) Male Hunt (1964) When the Peasants Pass (1965) To Commit a Murder (1967) Oscar (1967) Hibernatus (1969) My Uncle Benjamin (1969) La liberté en croupe (1970) The Most Gentle Confessions (1971) Sweet Deception (1972) The Hostage Gang (1973) A Pain in the Ass (1973) The Irony of Chance (1974) The Pink Telephone (1975) Dracula and Son (1976) The Hurried Man (1977) La Cage aux Folles (1978) Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses! (1979) Sunday Lovers (segment) (1980) La Cage aux Folles II (1980) For 200 Grand, You Get Nothing Now (1982) Just the Way You Are (1984) Palace (1985) Love on the Quiet (1985) Door on the Left as You Leave the Elevator (1988) The Supper (1992) Beaumarchais (1996)

Films directed by Édouard Molinaro

Back to the Wall (1958)
The Road to Shame (1959)
Witness in the City (1959)
A Mistress for the Summer (1960)
The Passion of Slow Fire (1961)
A Touch of Treason (1962)
The Seven Deadly Sins (segment) (1962)
Arsene Lupin vs. Arsene Lupin (1962)
Agent 38-24-36 (1964)
Male Hunt (1964)
When the Peasants Pass (1965)
To Commit a Murder (1967)
Oscar (1967)
Hibernatus (1969)
My Uncle Benjamin (1969)
La liberté en croupe (1970)
The Most Gentle Confessions (1971)
Sweet Deception (1972)
The Hostage Gang (1973)
A Pain in the Ass (1973)
The Irony of Chance (1974)
The Pink Telephone (1975)
Dracula and Son (1976)
The Hurried Man (1977)
La Cage aux Folles (1978)
Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses! (1979)
Sunday Lovers (segment) (1980)
La Cage aux Folles II (1980)
For 200 Grand, You Get Nothing Now (1982)
Just the Way You Are (1984)
Palace (1985)
Love on the Quiet (1985)
Door on the Left as You Leave the Elevator (1988)
The Supper (1992)
Beaumarchais (1996)

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