L'avare

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). De Funès tried to draw out the unhappy side of the character. Harpagon, unloved by humanity, is driven to an obsessive love of money. Cast Louis de Funès: Harpagon : Cléante : Valère Michel Galabru: Maître Jacques : Anselme Claude Gensac: Frosine Claire Dupray: Élise, Miser's daughter : Marianne, Cléante's girlfriend Bernard Menez: La Flèche, Cléante's valet Henri Génès: the commissioner Michel Modo: la Merluche, Harpagon's attendant Guy Grosso: Brindavoine, Harpagon's attendant : Maître Simon : Dame Claude, the housemaid Madeleine Barbulée: Marianne's mother