Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot

1953
PG
1h 54m

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Monsieur Hulot arrive dans un hôtel en bord de mer pour des vacances où il provoque accidentellement (mais avec bonhomie) des dégâts.Monsieur Hulot arrive dans un hôtel en bord de mer pour des vacances où il provoque accidentellement (mais avec bonhomie) des dégâts.Monsieur Hulot arrive dans un hôtel en bord de mer pour des vacances où il provoque accidentellement (mais avec bonhomie) des dégâts.

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7,3/10

21 k

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Nommé pour 1 oscar
- 2 victoires et 3 nominations au total

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Anecdotes
Jacques Tati recounted later in life that he had been heavily criticized for perceived weak dialogue when this film came out. Tati claimed that his intention was to make the dialogue as realistic as possible (thus, simple or boring) to capture the banality of real vacationers.

Gaffes
When Hulot first enters the hotel and closes the door behind himself, his cap is on his head when he bends to pick up his suitcase; when he straightens, the cap is in his hand with the suitcase.

Citations
Opening Titles: Mr. Hulot is off for a week by the sea. Take a seat behind his camera, and you can spend it with him. Don't look for a plot, for a holiday is meant purely for fun, and if you look for it, you will find more fun in ordinary life than in fiction.

Générique farfelu
Prologue to restored film (part1/2): "Mr. Hulot's Holiday, Jacques Tati's second feature film, was released in Paris on February 27th, 1953. On that day, Mr. Hulot was born. First in 1962, and later on in 1978, Tati worked on his film again. He re-edited it, cut some shots out, lengthened a few others, re-orchestrated the score and remixed the sound. Thus, over a period of 25 years, he continued to create the world of his main character. The film was released around the world. The original elements were damaged and weakened by the repeated re-editing process, as well as by numerous changes performed by the director."

Autres versions
Original French version is ca. 18 minutes longer than the US version.

Connexions
Featured in Omnibus: Monsieur Hulot's Work (1976)

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10/10

An Absolute Hoot 10/10

A French classic every bit as funny as "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."

Except for missing the wonderfully amusing sound effects, this nearly silent film could be viewed with the sound on mute. Its plethora of homages to the great films of the silent era, meticulously executed slapstick and sight gags make me grin, smile broadly and laugh out loud every time I watch this Gallic masterpiece.

On a visual level alone, this movie works. Kids too young to understand anything about how movies are supposed to work laugh at the kayak, the fireworks, the tennis, at M. Hulot's gawky awkwardness, etc, etc.

It takes a bit more maturity, or perhaps immersion in Gallic sensibilities, to get all the underlying humor.

Whereas Monty Python takes more obvious pokes at the French, Tati's Hulot takes subtle swipes at the Brits and the Americans. It's 1953. The English speaking world has saved France from the Germans, but the French are losing the cultural battle not only to their liberator's language, but to their mechanized world. Hulot, the old French owl (note Tati's birdlike mannerisms), has become the awkward outsider in his own seaside resort. In that context, much of what might appear disjointed, takes on an appealing continuity. Ferreting it all out is like peeling an onion, layer by layer. Each viewing finds something new.

A film which improves with age and frequent viewing.