Mon Oncle

Original title: Mon oncle

1958
U
1h 56m

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7.7/10

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Monsieur Hulot visits the technology-driven world of his sister, brother-in-law, and nephew, but he can't quite fit into the surroundings.Monsieur Hulot visits the technology-driven world of his sister, brother-in-law, and nephew, but he can't quite fit into the surroundings.Monsieur Hulot visits the technology-driven world of his sister, brother-in-law, and nephew, but he can't quite fit into the surroundings.

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Won 1 Oscar
- 7 wins & 4 nominations total

Monsieur Pichard
(as Lucien Fregis)

Betty Schneider

Betty - la fille de la concierge…

Jean-François Martial

Monsieur Walter
(as J.F. Martial)

Dominique Marie

La voisine snob des Arpel…

Yvonne Arnaud

Georgette - la bonne…

Adelaide Danieli

Madame Pichard

Alain Bécourt

Gérard Arpel
(as Alain Becourt)

Régis Fontenay

Braces Dealer
(as Regis Fontenay)

Claude Badolle

Le brocanteur…

Max Martel

L'ivrogne…

Nicolas Bataille

Un ouvrier…

Daki

Daki, the Arpels' Dachshund
(uncredited)

Dominique Derly

André Dino

Le balayeur municipal
(uncredited)
…

Suzanne Franck

Director
- Jacques Tati
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Trivia
Jacques Tati borrowed dogs from a local pound for the film and took care of the dogs all through filming. Tati made several shots of them, which he later used to connect scenes. When filming was over, he didn't want to bring the dogs back to the pound, so he placed an advertisement in the newspaper, calling them "movie stars"; all dogs eventually were taken in by respectable families throughout Paris.

Goofs
Whenever M. Arpel parks his car in his tiny home garage, he always pulls in front-end first; however, whenever he leaves for work in the morning, the car always exits the garage front-end first. (This may be a subtle sight gag on (Jacques Tati)'s part.)

Quotes
Charles Arpel: We could go to the Sexy Club.
Madame Arpel: I prefer Constantino and his nice music.

Crazy credits
The opening credits appear on signs at a construction site.

Alternate versions
An English version of the movie, that is some 10 minutes shorter with less dialogue, was shot side-by-side with the French version.

Connections
Featured in Omnibus: Monsieur Hulot's Work (1976)

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Featured review

9/10

Simply brilliant

A truly lovely film, beautiful photography, lovely sets, warm, funny and sad all at the same time.

Perhaps not as funny as M Hulot's Holiday, what could be funnier than the scene of him playing table tennis in the hotel? But a really good tragic-comedy.

I love the way Tati uses the film as a kind of anti-modernism film with "L'Oncle" being the tradition vs his family's obsession with modernity - the click-click of his sister's heels on the garden pavement in their box house and her routine of starting the fish "fountain" every time someone calls is a treat.

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