Boudu Saved From Drowning (EOTWS)

End Of The Week Shorts #40 extract: Boudu Saved From Drowning (1932)

Boudu Saved Fom Drowning is a spectacular satirical comedy that is, thematically, quite like Buñuel's Viridiana. However, the comedy of Boudu Saved From Drowning brings about a harmony from chaos that Buñuel doesn't attempt. And in such, this is a simultaneously critical and forgiving film about the pretense of charity and the rules of the bourgeois. Ultimately then, this is a film about freedom, destiny and embracing life as is and as your imperfect self - which is more than refreshing considering the weight of this film's themes if they were taken seriously. 

Energised by tremendous performances and writing, and captured beautifully by Renoir's often unique mise en scene and blocking, this is a pure joy to watch and a film I can't help but recommend.