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Mon Oncle

Mon Oncle

Mr Hulot takes a precious, playful ... and purely premeditated look at modern times ...

19587.41h 58m

Overview

Genial, 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.

Directed by Jacques Tati
Written by Jean L'Hôte, Jacques Lagrange, Jacques Tati
Produced by Fred Orain, Jacques Tati
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Top Cast

Jacques Tati

Jacques Tati

Monsieur Hulot

Jean-Pierre Zola

Jean-Pierre Zola

Monsieur Arpel

Adrienne Servantie

Adrienne Servantie

Madame Arpel

Lucien Frégis

Lucien Frégis

Monsieur Pichard

Betty Schneider

Betty Schneider

Betty, Landlord's Daughter

Jean-François Martial

Jean-François Martial

Walter

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Dominique Marie

Neighbor

Yvonne Arnaud

Yvonne Arnaud

Georgette, the Housekeeper

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Adelaide Danieli

Madame Pichard

Alain Bécourt

Alain Bécourt

Gérald Arpel

Themes & Keywords

factory workerparis, franceparent child relationshipcity portraitmodernitynew buildingbrother-in-lawsuburbhousekeepersarcastic

About Mon Oncle

Mon Oncle is a comedy film released in 1958 exploring themes of factory worker, paris, france, parent child relationship, city portrait, modernity, new building. Directed by Jacques Tati, it stars Jacques Tati, Jean-Pierre Zola, Adrienne Servantie. Genial, 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.

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