Mon Oncle (1958)

7.4/10 118 min Comedy

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.

Cast

Jacques Tati

Monsieur Hulot

Jean-Pierre Zola

Monsieur Arpel

Adrienne Servantie

Madame Arpel

Lucien Frégis

Monsieur Pichard

Betty Schneider

Betty, Landlord's Daughter

Jean-François Martial

Walter

Yvonne Arnaud

Georgette, the Housekeeper

Alain Bécourt

Gérald Arpel

Nicolas Bataille

Working Man

Pierre Étaix

Delivery man / Telegraph operator (uncredited)

Jean-Claude Rémoleux

Client in Monsieur Arpel's Factory (uncredited)

Denise Péronne

Mademoiselle Fevrier (uncredited)

Nicole Regnault

Short-sighted motorist (uncredited)

Édouard Francomme

House Painter (uncredited)

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