L'Avare is a 1980 French comedy film written and directed by Louis de Funès and Jean Girault, and starring de Funès.

It is an adaptation of Molière's famous comedy L'Avare (The Miser).

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