Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (1953)

Original title

Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot

Directed by

Jacques Tati

Genre

comedy film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 536 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A bumbling but well-meaning man named Monsieur Hulot goes on a seaside vacation. He causes a series of gentle mishaps among the other holidaymakers.

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What happens

Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (French: Les Vacances de M. Hulot; released as Monsieur Hulot's Holiday in the US) is a 1953 French comedy film starring and directed by Jacques Tati. It introduced the pipe-smoking, well-meaning but clumsy character of Monsieur Hulot, who appears in Tati's subsequent films, including Mon Oncle (1958), Playtime (1967), and Trafic (1971). The film gained an international reputation for its creator when released in 1953. The film was very successful, totalling 5,071,920 ticket sales in France. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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