Priape Boudu — Boudu Saved from Drowning Character Profile

About Priape Boudu

Parisian tramp who survives a suicide attempt and becomes an agent of anarchic chaos within the bourgeois Lestingois household, serving as the film's central satirical force.

Priape Boudu — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Michel Simon

Appears in

Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (6)

• Priape Boudu — Social Rescuer — Édouard Lestingois (Charles Granval)

  Saved Boudu from drowning and brought him into the home.

• Priape Boudu — Conflict Household Disruptor — Emma Lestingois (Marcelle Hainia)

  Shakes the household to its foundations through anarchic behavior.

• Priape Boudu — Conflict Domestic Clash — Chloë Anne Marie, la Bonne (Sévérine Lerczinska)

  Constantly undermines the maid's authority and household routines.

• Priape Boudu — Conflict Authority Figure — Vigour (Jean Gehret)

  Represents bourgeois law and order, clashing with Boudu's freedom.

• Priape Boudu — Social Family Friend — Godin (Max Dalban)

  Interacts with the bookseller's intellectual circle during gatherings.

• Priape Boudu — Narrative Mentor Figure — L'Étudiant (Jean Dasté)

  Influences the student with anti-bourgeois and anarchic perspectives.

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More characters from Boudu Saved from Drowning

• Emma Lestingois (Marcelle Hainia)
• Chloë Anne Marie, la Bonne (Sévérine Lerczinska)
• Vigour (Jean Gehret)
• la jeune femme au chien perdu (Régine Lutèce)
• Godin (Max Dalban)
• L'Étudiant (Jean Dasté)
• Rose, la Voisine (uncredited) (Jane Pierson)
• Édouard Lestingois (Charles Granval)
• la petite fille (Geneviève Cadix)
• Le Poète (Jacques Becker)
• Un Invité à la Noce (Georges D'Arnoux)