Mon Oncle (1958)
Synopsis of Mon Oncle
Five years after his first appearance, Jacques Tati's M. Hulot returns with Mon Oncle, a film set along the dividing line between Paris' past and its future. Aligned (as is the film) with the former, Hulot lives in a colorful, overpopulated Parisian neighborhood and, lacking employment, spends his days waiting to pick up his adoring nephew from school, and subsequently escorting him to his parents' ultra-modern house. Filled with gadgets, some turned on only to impress the neighbors, the house seems designed specifically to frustrate Hulot, who unwittingly disrupts its operations at every opportunity. Concerned about his future, Hulot's relatives attempt to find him gainful employment and pair him off with a neighbor, with little success on either front. The nearly dialogue-free film is less concerned with the family's attempts as they relate to an overall plot, and more interested in how they play into its overall scheme of contrasts and allow for Tati's unmistakable sight-and-sound gag set pieces. ~ Keith Phipps, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 116 mins
Complete Cast of Mon Oncle
- Jacques Tati - Monsieur Hulot
- Alain Becourt - Gerald Arpel
- Lucien Frégis - M. Pichard
- Yvonne Arnaud - Georgette the Maid
- J.F. Martial - Walter
- Claude Badolle - Flea market dealer
- Denise Peronne - Mademoiselle Fevrier
- Adelaide Danielli - Mme. Pichard
- Jean-Pierre Zola - Monsieur Arpel
- Adrienne Servantie - Mme. Arpel
- Betty Schneider - Betty, Landlord's Daughter
- Dominique Marie - Neighbor
- Nicolas Bataille - Worker
- André Dino - Sweep
- Michel Goyot - Car Salesman
- Director(s):
- Jacques Tati
- Writer(s):
- Jacques Tati
- Producer(s):
- Jacques Tati
- 1958 - Cannes Film Festival - Special Jury Prize
- 1958 - Cannes Film Festival - Special Jury Prize
- 1958 - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Foreign Film
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