My Uncle Benjamin (French: Mon oncle Benjamin) is a 1969 French movie directed by Edouard Molinaro .

Cast:

• Jacques Brel (Benjamin)
• Claude Jade (Manette)
• Bernard Alane (Pont-Cassé)
• Robert Dalban (Innkeeper)
• Bernard Blier (Marquis)

The date is 1750 and Louis XV is on the throne. Benjamin is in love with Manette, the inkeeper's beautiful daughter, but she has no intention of giving in to the young doctor until she sees the marriage contract. Later Benjamin is subjected by the Marquis de Camyse to a humilating practical joke. Benjamin is condemned to penal servitude. Benjamin, now free, takes to the road, taking with him Manette, who has at last given in to him, having decides that she prefers happiness to a marriage contract.