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Mon oncle
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Overview

User Rating:
7.8/10   5,112 votes
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Director:
Jacques Tati
Writers:
Jacques Lagrange (artistic collaboration) &
Jean L'Hôte (artistic collaboration) ...
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Release Date:
3 November 1958 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
Mr. Hulot Ventures Into Suburbia...And Disrupts...Disassembles...And Demolishes With His Very Subtle Satire
Plot:
Monsieur Hulot visits the technology-driven world of his sister, brother-in-law, and nephew, but he can't quite fit into the surroundings. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 5 wins & 2 nominations more
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(4 articles)
Blu-ray Review: Play Time (Criterion Collection)
 (From Rope Of Silicon. 18 August 2009, 4:36 AM, PDT)

What I Watched, What You Watched: Installment #3
 (From Rope Of Silicon. 9 August 2009, 3:21 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
Simply brilliant more (44 total)

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Jacques Tati ... Monsieur Hulot
Jean-Pierre Zola ... Charles Arpel
Adrienne Servantie ... Madame Arpel
Lucien Frégis ... Monsieur Pichard (as Lucien Fregis)
Betty Schneider ... Betty, Landlord's Daughter
Jean-François Martial ... Walter (as J.F. Martial)
Dominique Marie ... Neighbor
Yvonne Arnaud ... Georgette, the Housekeeper
Adelaide Danieli ... Madame Pichard
Alain Bécourt ... Gerard Arpel (as Alain Becourt)
Régis Fontenay ... Braces Dealer (as Regis Fontenay)
Claude Badolle ... Flea Market Dealer
Max Martel ... Drunken Man
Nicolas Bataille ... Working Man
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Mio zio (Italy)
My Uncle
My Uncle, Mr. Hulot
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Runtime:
117 min | Spain:120 min
Country:
Italy | France
Language:
French
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Company:
Alter Films more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Perhaps this can be forgiven in such a whimsical comedy, but whenever M. Arpel parks his car in his tiny home garage, he always pulls in front-end first; however, whenever he leaves for work in the morning, the car always exits the garage front-end first. (Possibly a subtle sight gag on Tati's part?) more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "Zomergasten: (#6.1)" (1993) more

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6 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Simply brilliant, 16 October 2005
9/10
Author: SteveO873 from United Kingdom

A truly lovely film, beautiful photography, lovely sets, warm, funny and sad all at the same time.

Perhaps not as funny as M Hulot's Holiday, what could be funnier than the scene of him playing table tennis in the hotel? But a really good tragic-comedy.

I love the way Tati uses the film as a kind of anti-modernism film with "L'Oncle" being the tradition vs his family's obsession with modernity - the click-click of his sister's heels on the garden pavement in their box house and her routine of starting the fish "fountain" every time someone calls is a treat.

These films should be shown more...

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