French label Pathe Distribution will release two more classic films on Blu-ray in March: Jean Renoir's
Boudu sauve des eaux a.k.a
Boudu Saved From Drowning (1932), starring Michel Simon, Marcelle Hainia, Sévérine Lerczinska, and Marcel L'Herbier's
Le Bonheur a.k.a
Happiness (1935), starring Gaby Morlay, Charles Boyer, Paulette Dubost, and Michel Simon.
Boudu sauve des eaux
Michel Simon is Boudu, a tramp saved from drowning in the Seine by a wealthy bookseller, who provides him shelter in his bourgeois household. The unruly vagrant causes havoc in this civilised environment, seducing the bookseller's wife and his mistress, as well as striking it lucky in the lottery. Having brought anarchy to the middle class family, he eventually begins to pine for his old life and decides to return to the freedom of the river. This classic of French cinema was directed by Jean Renoir, and later remade in Hollywood as
Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986).
Le Bonheur
An anarchist wounds a famous actress. Determined to find out more about the man, the star pleads in his favor at his trial. 18 months later, the anarchist and the star meet. Based on Henri Bernstein play.