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A Balasaur Score of 81 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 94%, Metacritic 84/100. Scores higher than 93% of the 260 1950s comedy movies in this catalog. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Metacritic84/100
632 audience votes
Key crew
- Jacques LagrangeScreenplay
- Alain RomansOriginal Music Composer
- Norbert GlanzbergOriginal Music Composer
- Jacques TatiDirector
- Jean L'HôteScreenplay
- Franck BarcelliniOriginal Music Composer
- Jacques TatiWriter
Cast
- Jacques TatiMonsieur Hulot
- Jean-Pierre ZolaMonsieur Arpel
- Adrienne ServantieMadame Arpel
- Lucien FrégisMonsieur Pichard
- Betty SchneiderBetty, Landlord's Daughter
- Jean-François MartialWalter
- Dominique MarieNeighbor
- Yvonne ArnaudGeorgette, the Housekeeper
- Adelaide DanieliMadame Pichard
- Alain BécourtGérald Arpel
- Régis FontenayBraces Dealer
- Claude BadolleRagman
Themes
factory workerparis, franceparent child relationshipcity portraitmodernitynew buildingbrother-in-lawsuburbhousekeepersarcastic
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