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Bookmark this pageMon Oncle (1958)
Director: Jacques Tati
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From Time Out Film Guide
Tati's first film in colour. Yes, his contrast of the glorious awfulness of the Arpels' automated Modernistic house with Hulot's disordered Bohemianism is simplistic. Yes, Hulot as champion of the individual is oddly de-personalised. And one might even conclude that Tati is a closet misanthrope. Such text-book reservations come and go as this extraordinary film meanders like the Arpels' concrete garden path. But while some episodes are protracted, many are unforgettably funny, wonderfully observed, and always technically brilliant. Insane gadgets slam and roar, high heels click like metronomes, and even a depressed dachshund in a tartan overcoat obligingly submits to Tati's meticulous direction.Author: JS
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Cast & crew
Director: Jacques Tati
Producer: Louis Dolivet
Cast: Jacques Tati, Jean-Pierre Zola, Adrienne Servantie, Alain Bécourt, Lucien Fregis, Betty Schneider, Yvonne Arnaud full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Rated: U
Duration: 116 mins
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