Monsieur Hulot's Holiday

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Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
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Directed by	Jacques Tati
Produced by	Fred Orain
Written by	Jacques Tati Henri Marquet
Starring	Jacques Tati Nathalie Pascaud Micheline Rolla
Distributed by	Criterion Collection (DVD)
Release date(s)	February 25, 1953 June 16, 1954
Running time	114 min.
Language	French
Followed by	Mon Oncle
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Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (released as Monsieur Hulot's Holiday in the UK and as Mr. Hulot's Holiday in the USA), is one of Jacques Tati's most famous films, gaining an international reputation for its director upon its release in 1953. Les Vacances introduced the pipe-smoking, well-meaning but clumsy character of M. Hulot, who appears in a number of Tati's subsequent films, including Mon Oncle (1959), Playtime (1967), and Trafic (1971).

Les Vacances follows the adventures of M. Hulot (played by Tati himself) as he spends the mandatory August vacation at a beach resort. The film lampoons several hidebound elements of French political and social classes along the way.

The film was recorded with both French and English soundtracks. While Tati had experimented with color film in his previous film Jour de fête, Les Vacances is black and white. The jazz score is by Alain Romans.

Les Vacances earned Tati an Oscar nomination (shared with Henri Marquet) for Best Original Screenplay.

Les Vacances was filmed in the town of Saint-Marc-sur-Mer in the Loire-Atlantique region of France, and a bronze statue of M. Hulot was later erected overlooking the beach where the film was made.

[edit] Cast

Jacques Tati as Monsieur Hulot
Nathalie Pascaud as Martine
Micheline Rolla as The Aunt
Valentine Camax as Englishwoman
Louis Perrault as Fred
André Dubois as Commandant
Lucien Frégis as Hotel Proprietor
Raymond Carl as Waiter
René Lacourt as Strolling Man
Marguerite Gérard as Strolling Woman

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Jacques Tati
Gai dimanche (1935) • School for Postmen (1947) • Jour de fête (1949) • Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953) • Mon Oncle (1958) • Playtime (1967) • Trafic (1971) • Parade (1974)