L'Avare is a 1980 French comedy film written and directed by Louis de Funès and Jean Girault, and starring de Funès. The English title of the film is The Miser. It is an adaptation of Molière's famous comedy L'Avare (The Miser).
L'Avare | |
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Directed by | Louis de Funès Jean Girault |
Written by | Louis de Funès Jean Girault |
Based on | L'Avare by Molière |
Produced by | Christian Fechner Bernard Artigues |
Starring | Louis de Funès |
Cinematography | Edmond Richard |
Edited by | Michel Lewin |
Music by | Jean Bizet |
Distributed by | A.M.L.F, Columbia Pictures (North America) |
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Running time | 125 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Box office | $18.3 million [1] |
De Funès tried to draw out the unhappy side of the character. Harpagon, unloved by humanity, is driven to an obsessive love of money.[2]
The film is rated 70% Fresh by Rotten Tomatoes.[3]