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
[edit] External links
- Monsieur Hulot's Holiday at the Internet Movie Database
- Criterion Collection essay by David Ehrenstein
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Gai dimanche (1935) • L'École des facteurs (1947) • Jour de fête (1949) • Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953) • Mon Oncle (1958) • Playtime (1967) • Trafic (1971) • Parade (1974) |
