Monsieur Hulot
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The film centers on the socially awkward yet lovable character of Monsieur Hulot and his quixotic struggle with postwar France's infatuation with modern architecture, mechanical efficiency and consumerism. As with most Tati films, Mon Oncle is largely a visual comedy
Feb 14, 2023 · M. Hulot (Jacques Tati) is the dreamy, impractical, and adored uncle of nine-year-old Gérard Arpel, who lives with his materialistic parents, M. and Mme. Arp...
- 115 min
- 97K
- Guilherme Barbosa
Dec 17, 2021 · Mon Oncle (My Uncle) is a 1958 comedy film by French filmmaker Jacques Tati. The first of Tati's films to be released in colour, Mon Oncle won...
Mon oncle. Slapstick prevails again when Jacques Tati’s eccentric, old-fashioned hero, Monsieur Hulot, is set loose in Villa Arpel, the geometric, oppressively ultramodern home of his brother-in-law, and in the antiseptic plastic hose factory where he gets a job.
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Often keeping the dialogue minimal (though not to the same degree as some of his other films), Mon Oncle feels like a truly international comedy, poking fun at the often pointless material...
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- Jacques Tati
- Jacques Tati
- Gray-Film
Jun 8, 2003 · Roger Ebert praises Jacques Tati's comedy masterpiece Mon Oncle (1958), starring his iconic character Hulot. He describes the film's visual humor, social satire, and philosophical insights in a city divided between old and new.
Genial, bumbling Monsieur Hulot loves his top-floor apartment in a grimy corner of the city, and cannot fathom why his sister's family has moved to the suburbs. Their house is an ultra-modern nightmare, which Hulot only visits for the sake of stealing away his rambunctious young nephew.
