The Miser

The Miser

1980 · 125 min · FR · 6.3 (477 votes)
Dir. Louis de Funès, Jean Girault · Starring Louis de Funès, Michel Galabru, Claude Gensac, Bernard Ménez, Guy Grosso, Michel Modo · Music Jean Bizet
Comedy

The children of Harpagon, Cléante and his sister Elise, are each in love but they still haven’t spoken to their father yet. Harpagon is a miser who wants to choose the right man and the right woman for his children. Based on Molière’s play.

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A riotous, fast-paced farce that skewers avarice and familial obligation. Expect witty dialogue, over-the-top performances, and a whirlwind of comedic chaos as a miser's obsession with money threatens to ruin everyone's lives.

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