My Uncle Benjamin

My Uncle Benjamin (1969)

ComedyHistory

Benjamin is in love with Manette, the innkeeper's beautiful daughter, but she has no intention of giving in to the young doctor until she sees the marriage contract, and marriage does not fit in with Benjamin's spirit of independence. For the same reason he resists the efforts of his sister Bettine to marry him off to Arabelle, the daughter of old Dr. Minxit. Benjamin does agree to go and meet the girl. But that evening his sister finds him at the inn together with Manette, who is arrested by her father. So she decides to go with Benjamin herself. But as result of an incident with the fat Marquis puts paid to the expedition. Benjamin is subjected by the Marquis to a humiliating practical joke. Benjamin is determined to got his revenge. He succeeds thanks to the gorgeous Vicomte Hector de Pont-Cassé, who also helps Manette with her problems against her father. But Benjamin is now arrested by the Marquis...

Director: Édouard Molinaro
Writers: André Couteaux, Édouard Molinaro, Jean-François Hauduroy.

Casts

	Jacques Brel as Benjamin Rathery
	Claude Jade as Manette
	Bernard Alane as Pont-Cassé
	Rosy Varte as Bettine, soeur de Benjamin
	Paul Frankeur as Docteur Minxit
	Lyne Chardonnet as Arabelle Minxit
	Robert Dalban as Père de Manette
	Bernard Blier as Marquis de Cambyse
	Alfred Adam as Le sergent
	Armand Mestral as Machecourt
	Paul Préboist as Parlenta
	Guy Delorme as Un laquais
	Christine Aurel as Madame Chapelle
	Daniela Surina as La marquise de Cambyse
	Régine Motte as Madame Fata (uncredited)

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