Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
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.
Cast
Jacques Tati
as Monsieur Hulot
Nathalie Pascaud
as Martine
Micheline Rolla
as The Aunt
Louis Perrault
as Fred
Valentine Camax
as Englishwoman
André Dubois
as Commandant
Lucien Frégis
as Hotel Proprietor
Raymond Carl
as Waiter
René Lacourt
as Strolling Man
Suzy Willy
as Commandant's Wife
Reviews
CinemaSerf
Anyone remember the “Huggetts”? Well I reckon Jacques Tati had a similar frolics in mind when he despatched “M. Hulot” on holiday just a few years after they had their own holiday camp experience. Unlike them, though, “Hulot has the seaside to serve as the foil for his dead-pan, slapstick, escapade...
