Mon oncle
By January 05, 2004
When you first see Monsieur Hulot, the whimsical wanderer played by Jacques Tati in the classic French comedy Mon oncle, it takes a moment to realize just how big he is—a two-meter slab of trenchcoat . . . Read more »
- France
- 1958
- 116 minutes
- Color
- 1.37:1
- French
- Spine #111
SYNOPSIS: Slapstick prevails when Jacques Tati’s eccentric hero Monsieur Hulot is let loose in the ultramodern home of his brother-in-law, and in an antiseptic factory that manufactures plastic hose. Tati directs and stars in the second entry of the Hulot series, a delightful satire of mechanized living.
Cast & CreditsOpen
Cast
| Monsieur Hulot | Jacques Tati |
| Monsieur Arpel | Jean-Pierre Zola |
| Madame Arpel | Adrienne Servantie |
| Monsieur Pichard | Lucien Frégis |
| Betty, landlord's daughter | Betty Schneider |
| Walter | J.F. Martial |
| Neighbor | Dominique Marie |
| Georgette, the maid | Yvonne Arnaud |
| Madame Pichard | Adélaïde Danieli |
| Gerald Arpel | Alain Becourt |
| Braces dealer | Régis Fontenay |
Credits
| Director | Jacques Tati |
| Artistic collaboration | Jacques Lagrange |
| Producer | Louis Dolivet |
| Cinematography | Jean Bourgoin |
| Sets | Henri Schmitt |
| Music | Alain Romans and Frank Barcellini |
Disc Features
- Spectacular digital transfer, with restored image and sound
- Video introduction by writer, director and performer Terry Jones
- L’école des facteurs, the 1947 short film directed by and starring Jacques Tati
- New and improved English subtitle translation
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Film Essays
Mon oncle
By July 01, 1990
We first met Mr. Hulot on a holiday, at a rundown seaside resort hotel, a loner but hardly a recluse. Immensely likable, eager to turn all living creatures into his loving friends (and usually successful . . . Read more »
On Five
APRIL IN TATIVILLE
By April 22, 2009
Some of you might have seen the news item on our website regarding the Jacques Tati “centennial-plus” and the exhibits around Paris paying homage to the inventive filmmaker. I had the good fortune . . . Read more »
News
Sometimes a Pipe . . .
April 19, 2009
More than fifty years after he first appeared on-screen, it seems that Monsieur Hulot has finally quit smoking. And not voluntarily. In accordance with a 1991 law prohibiting tobacco advertising . . . Read more »
JACQUES TATI: A SORTA CENTENNIAL
April 06, 2009
Paris is turning into Tativille starting tomorrow, April 8, until August 2, with the Cinémathèque française’s appropriately large-scale retrospective of the famously ambitious French filmmaking . . . Read more »
Clippings
TATI’S RIGHT-HAND MAN
June 10, 2009
There’s a cornucopia for Tati fans over at Kristin Thompson and David Bordwell’s blog, Observations on Film Art and Film Art. In a new entry, Thompson spotlights painter Jacques Lagrange, a somewhat . . . Read more »
