APRIL IN TATIVILLE
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Film Info
- France
- 1958
- 116 minutes
- Color
- 1.37:1
- French
- Spine #111
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
| 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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