Mon Oncle (1958)
Mon Oncle (1958)
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Jacques Tati
Monsieur Hulot / Director / Producer / Writer
Jean-Pierre Zola
Monsieur Arpel
Adrienne Servantie
Madame Arpel
Lucien Frégis
Monsieur Pichard
Betty Schneider
Betty, Landlord's Daughter
Jean-François Martial
Walter
Dominique Marie
Neighbor
Yvonne Arnaud
Georgette, the Housekeeper
Adelaide Danieli
Madame Pichard
Alain Bécourt
Gérald Arpel
Régis Fontenay
Braces Dealer
Claude Badolle
Ragman
Max Martel
Drunken Man
Nicolas Bataille
Working Man
Pierre Étaix
Delivery man / Telegraph operator (uncredited) / Assistant Director
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)
André Dino
Sweeper (uncredited) / Still Photographer
René Lord
(uncredited)
Alain Romans
Original Music Composer
Suzanne Baron
Editor
Norbert Glanzberg
Original Music Composer
Jean L'Hôte
Screenplay
Fred Orain
Producer / Technical Advisor
Franck Barcellini
Original Music Composer
Jacques Lagrange
Screenplay
Jean Bourgoin
Director of Photography
Jacques Carrère
Sound Engineer
Jacques Cottin
Costume Design
Eugène Roman
Assistant Decorator
Henri Schmitt
Set Decoration / Production Design
Claude Lecomte
Assistant Camera
René Silvera
Administration
Renée Rouzot
Wardrobe Designer
Henri Marquet
Assistant Director
Raymond Dechanseau
Production Assistant
Paul Rodier
Camera Operator
Bernard Maurice
Production Manager
Juliette Wuidart
Production Secretary
Boris Karabanoff
Makeup Artist
Alain Térouanne
Associate Producer
Louis Dolivet
Line Producer
Sylvette Baudrot
Script
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 10, 1958
Original NameMon oncle
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 58m
Content RatingNR
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Wiki.
Mon Oncle (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃ nɔ̃kl]; My Uncle) is a 1958 comedy film by French filmmaker Jacques Tati. The first of Tati's films to be released in colour, Mon Oncle won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, a Special Prize at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival, and the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film, receiving more honors than any of Tati's other cinematic works.
The film centers on the socially awkward yet lovable character of Monsieur Hulot and his quixotic struggle with postwar France's infatuation with modern architecture, mechanical efficiency and consumerism. As with most Tati films, Mon Oncle is largely a visual comedy; color and lighting are employed to help tell the story. The dialogue in Mon Oncle is barely audible, and largely subordinated to the role of a sound effect. The drifting noises of heated arguments and idle banter complement other sounds and the physical movements of the characters, intensifying comedic effect. The complex soundtrack also uses music to characterize environments, including a lively musical theme that represents Hulot's world of comical inefficiency and freedom.At its debut in 1958 in France, Mon Oncle was denounced by some critics for what they viewed as a reactionary or even poujadiste view of an emerging French consumer society, which had lately embraced a new wave of industrial modernization and a more rigid social structure. However, this criticism soon gave way in the face of the film's huge popularity in France and abroad – even in the U.S., where rampant discretionary consumption and a recession had caused those on both the right and the left to question the economic and social values of the era. The film was another big success for Tati, with a total of 4,576,928 admissions in France.