L'Avare

8.0 (1 votes)• 1974• 150m•Released

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Harpagon, a miserly bourgeois, wishes to marry the young Mariane and marry his daughter Elise to Lord Anselme. He does not know that Cléante, his son, is in love with the young Mariane and that his daughter Elise loves a penniless young man, Valère, whom he has just hired as a steward.

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Production Details

Languages: French

Director: René Lucot

Starring Cast: Michel Aumont, Simon Eine, Francis Huster, Françoise Seigner, Isabelle Adjani, Jacques Eyser

Cast

Michel Aumont

Harpagon

Simon Eine

Valère

Francis Huster

Cléante

Françoise Seigner

Frosine

Isabelle Adjani

Marianne

Jacques Eyser

Jean-Paul Roussillon

Ludmila Mikaël

Jean-Claude Arnaud

Maître Jacques

René Arrieu

Commissioner

Marco Behar

Maître Simon

Yves Pignot

Brindavoine

Jean-Noël Sissia

'La Merluche'

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