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).

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L'Avare
French theatrical release poster
Directed by	Louis de Funès Jean Girault
Written by	Louis de Funès Jean Girault
Based on	L'Avare by Molière
Produced by	Christian Fechner Bernard Artigues
Starring	Louis de Funès
Cinematography	Edmond Richard
Edited by	Michel Lewin
Music by	Jean Bizet
Distributed by	A.M.L.F, Columbia Pictures (North America)
Release date	5 March 1980 (1980-03-05)
Running time	125 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Box office	$18.3 million [1]

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De Funès tried to draw out the unhappy side of the character. Harpagon, unloved by humanity, is driven to an obsessive love of money.^[2]

• Louis de Funès: Harpagon
• Franck Cabot-David [fr]: Cléante
• Hervé Bellon [fr]: Valère
• Michel Galabru: Maître Jacques
• Georges Audoubert [fr]: Anselme
• Claude Gensac: Frosine
• Claire Dupray: Élise, Miser's daughter
• Anne Caudry [fr]: 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
• Max Montavon [fr]: Maître Simon
• Micheline Bourday [fr]: Dame Claude, the housemaid
• Madeleine Barbulée: Marianne's mother

The film is rated 70% Fresh by Rotten Tomatoes.^[3]