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7.4Genial, 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. Hulot's sister, however, wants to win him over to her new way of life, and conspires to set him up with a wife and job.
Cast
- Jacques Tati as Monsieur Hulot
- Jean-Pierre Zola as Monsieur Arpel
- Adrienne Servantie as Madame Arpel
- Lucien Frégis as Monsieur Pichard
- Betty Schneider as Betty, Landlord's Daughter
- Jean-François Martial as Walter
Themes
- factory worker
- paris, france
- parent child relationship
- city portrait
- modernity
- new building
- brother-in-law
- suburb
- housekeeper
- sarcastic
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Jacques Tati
- Written by
- Jacques Tati Jacques Lagrange Jean L'Hôte
- Produced by
- Jacques Tati
- Starring
- Jacques Tati Jean-Pierre Zola Adrienne Servantie Alain Bécourt
- Cinematography
- Jean Bourgoin
- Edited by
- Suzanne Baron
- Music by
- Alain Romans Franck Barcellini
- Production companies
- Specta-Films Gray-Film Alter-Films Film del Centauro Cady-Films
- Distributed by
- Gaumont (France) Titanus (Italy)
- Release dates
- 10 May 1958 ( 1958-05-10 ) (France) 1 October 1958 ( 1958-10-01 ) (Italy)
- Running time
- 120 minutes (French) 111 minutes (English)
- Countries
- France Italy
- Language
- French
- Budget
- FRF 250,000 ( estimation</span>"}]]}'>est. )
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 117
- FilmAffinity ID
- 419458
- Image
- Villa arpel 104.JPG
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- publication date
- 1958-05-10
- Commons category
- Mon oncle
- title
- Mon oncle
- review score
- 94%
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Mon Oncle ( French pronunciation: [mɔ̃n‿ɔ̃kl]; transl. My Uncle) is a 1958 French-language comedy film directed by Jacques Tati. The first of Tati's films to be released in colour, Mon Oncle won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, a Special Prize at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival, and the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film, receiving more honours than any of Tati's other cinematic works.
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. Like most Tati films, Mon Oncle is largely a visual comedy: colour and lighting are employed to help tell the story. The dialogue in Mon Oncle is barely audible, and largely subordinated to the role of a sound effect. The drifting noises of heated arguments and idle banter complement other sounds and the physical movements of the characters, intensifying comedic effect. The complex soundtrack also uses music to characterise environments, including a lively musical theme that represents Hulot's world of comical inefficiency and freedom.