Trafic: Watching the Wheels
By July 14, 2008
The usual French term for traffic—meaning the movement of motor vehicles—is la circulation. The word trafic can be a synonym for it, but its primary meaning is traffic Read more »
SYNOPSIS: In Jacques Tati’s Trafic, the bumbling Monsieur Hulot, outfitted as always with tan raincoat, beaten brown hat, and umbrella, takes to Paris’s highways and byways. For this, his final outing, Hulot is employed as an auto company’s director of design, and accompanies his new vehicle (a camper tricked out with absurd gadgetry) to an auto show in Amsterdam. Naturally, the road is paved with modern-age mishaps. This late-career delight is a masterful demonstration of the comic genius’s expert timing and sidesplitting visual gags, and a bemused last look at technology run amok.
| Monsieur Hulot | Jacques Tati |
| Truck driver | Marcel Fraval |
| Director of ALTRA | Honoré Bostel |
| François | François Maisongrosse |
| Mechanic | Tony Knepper |
| Maria | Maria Kimberly |
| Director | Jacques Tati |
| Producer | Robert Dorfmann |
| Screenplay | Jacques Tati |
| with the artistic collaboration of | Jacques Lagrange |
| And the participation of | Bert Haanstra |
| Cinematography | Edward Van Den Enden and Marcel Weiss |
| Set design | Adrien De Rooy |
| Costumes | Jacques Esterel |
| Makeup | Gert Van den Bergh |
| Editing | Maurice Laumain and Sophie Tatischeff |
| Dubbing | Claude Plouganou |
| Sound | Ed Pelster and Alain Curvelier |
| Sound mixer | Jean Nény |
| Music | Charles Dumont |
| Conductor | Bernard Gérard |
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By July 14, 2008
The usual French term for traffic—meaning the movement of motor vehicles—is la circulation. The word trafic can be a synonym for it, but its primary meaning is traffic Read more »