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.

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
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Anyone remember the “Huggetts”? Well I reckon Jacques Tati had similar frolics in mind when he despatched “M. Hulot” on holiday just a few years after they had had their own holiday camp experience. Unlike them, though, “Hulot” has the seaside to serve as the foil for his dead-pan, slapstick, escapa...