The second of the “Monsieur Hulot” films, this 1958 comedy was Jacques Tati’s first color feature. Hulot’s old-world sensibilities clash hilariously with his sister and brother-in-law’s ultramodern home and the mechanized landscape of post-war Paris. Hulot’s free spirit liberates his nephew, Gerard, from the boy’s rigid home environment. Nearly dialogue-free, the film won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar as well as a Special Prize at Cannes. In French with English subtitles.
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