''Mon oncle Benjamin'' (''My Uncle Benjamin'') is a 1969 French film directed by Édouard Molinaro, starring

Jacques Brel Jacques Romain Georges Brel (, ; 8 April 1929 – 9 October 1978) was a Belgian singer and actor who composed and performed literate, thoughtful, and theatrical songs that generated a large, devoted following—initially in Belgium and France, l ...

and Claude Jade. The film is based on a once-popular French comic novel ' by

Claude Tillier Claude Tillier (11 April 1801 in Clamecy – 12 October 1844 in Nevers) was a French novelist and pamphleteer. Life and work Tiller was born in Clamecy in the family of an upper class locksmith. He studied in Bourges and later in Soissons ...

(1842). The 1969 film '' Don't Grieve'', directed by the Georgian

Georgi Daneliya Georgiy Nikolayevich Daneliya ( ka, გიორგი ნიკოლოზის ძე დანელია; russian: Георгий Николаевич Данелия; 25 August 1930 – 4 April 2019), also known as Giya Daneliya ( ka, გ� ...

, is also based on Tillier's novel as was

Francis Bousquet Francis Bousquet (9 September 1890 – 21 December 1942) was a French composer and music pedagogue. Educated at the Conservatoire de Paris, he won the Prix de Rome in 1923. His compositions included three operas, a ballet, and several symphonic ...

's 1942 comic opera ''Mon oncle Benjamin''.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. 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

– Benjamin Rathery * Claude Jade – Manette * Bernard Alane – Pont-Cassé *

Robert Dalban Robert Dalban (born Gaston Barré; 19 July 1903, in Celles-sur-Belle, Deux-Sèvres – 3 April 1987, in Paris) was a French actor. His work included stage acting, roles in TV shows and dubbing American stars. Moreover, he was a fixture in Frenc ...

– Innkeeper * Bernard Blier – Marquis * Rosy Varte – Bettine * Paul Frankeur – Minxit * Lyne Chardonnet – Arabelle * Armand Mestral – Machecourt * Paul Préboist – Parlenta * Daniela Surina – Marquise of Cambyse

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