Release, runtime and language

1980 · 125 mins · French

Directed by

Jean Girault

Starring

Michel Galabru, Claude Gensac, Bernard Ménez, Louis de Funès, Hervé Bellon, Michel Modo

Based on Molière’s play, the film follows Harpagon’s children, Cléante and Élise, who are secretly in love but have not told their stingy father. Harpagon, a miser, intends to arrange suitable matches for them. When Cléante finally confronts his father, Harpagon announces his own desire to marry Marianne, the very woman his son loves, oblivious to Cléante’s anguish and the resulting conflict.