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Monsieur Hulot's Holiday is a french film of genre Comedy directed by Jacques Tati released in USA on 16 june 1954 with Jacques Tati
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953)
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Add to a movie listLes Vacances de M. Hulot (released as Monsieur Hulot's Holiday in the UK and Mr. 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 (1959), Playtime (1967), and Trafic (1971). The film gained an international reputation for its creator when released in 1953. The film was very successful as it had a total of 5,071,920 admissions in France.
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Les vacances de M. Hulot follows the generally harmless misadventures of a lovable, gauche Frenchman, Monsieur Hulot (played by Tati himself), as he joins the "newly emerging holiday-taking classes" for an August vacation at a modest seaside resort. The film affectionately lampoons several hidebound elements of French political and economic classes, from chubby capitalists and self-important Marxist intellectuals to petty proprietors and drab dilettantes, most of whom find it nearly impossible to free themselves, even temporarily, from their rigid social roles in order to relax and enjoy life.Actors
Jacques Tati
(Monsieur Hulot)
Nathalie Pascaud
(Martine)
André Dubois
(Commandant)
Raymond Carl
(Waiter)
Suzy Willy
(Commandant's Wife)
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