The Complete Jacques Tati on Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection have outdone themselves with their magnificent, jam-packed seven-disk Blu-ray set of the work of the great French director Jacques […]
Review: Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953)
Director: Jacques Tati
Cast: Jacques Tati, Nathalie Pascaud, Micheline Rolla, Louis Perrault, Valentine Camax,
Jacques Tati
Nathalie Pascaud
Micheline Rolla
Louis Perrault
Valentine Camax
Plot: Monsieur Hulot, Jacques Tati’s endearing clown, takes a holiday at a seaside resort, where his presence provokes one catastrophe after another. Tati’s masterpiece of gentle slapstick is a series of effortlessly well-choreographed sight gags involving dogs, boats, and firecrackers; it was the first entry in the Hulot series and the film that launched its maker to international stardom.
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