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74% Critic Match
Mon Oncle
“Mr Hulot takes a precious, playful and purely premeditated look at modern times...”
7.4 / 10• 1958• 1h 58m•NR• French
Comedy
Storyline
Genial, bumbling Monsieur Hulot loves his top-floor apartment in a grimy corner of the city, and cannot fathom why his sister's family has moved to the suburbs. Their house is an ultra-modern nightmare, which Hulot only visits for the sake of stealing away his rambunctious young nephew. Hulot's sister, however, wants to win him over to her new way of life, and conspires to set him up with a wife and job.
Cast & Crew
Jacques Tati
Monsieur Hulot
Lead
Jean-Pierre Zola
Monsieur Arpel
Adrienne Servantie
Madame Arpel
Lucien Frégis
Monsieur Pichard
Betty Schneider
Betty, Landlord's Daughter
Jean-François Martial
Walter
DM
Dominique Marie
Neighbor
Yvonne Arnaud
Georgette, the Housekeeper
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jacques Tati's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Mon Oncle is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
