Mon Oncle

May 10, 1958

1h 58m

★ 7.4

Mr Hulot takes a precious, playful ... and purely premeditated look at modern times ...

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Gaumont Distribution

Specta Films

Alter Films

Film del Centauro

Cady Films

gray-film

Mon Oncle Trailers

Cast

Monsieur Hulot

Jacques Tati

Monsieur Arpel

Jean-Pierre Zola

Madame Arpel

Adrienne Servantie

Monsieur Pichard

Lucien Frégis

Betty, Landlord's Daughter

Betty Schneider

Walter

Jean-François Martial

Neighbor

Dominique Marie

Georgette, the Housekeeper

Yvonne Arnaud

Madame Pichard

Adelaide Danieli

Gérald Arpel

Alain Bécourt

Braces Dealer

Régis Fontenay

Ragman

Claude Badolle

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