Monsieur Hulot's Holiday

Name: Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1953-02-25
Duration: 1 h 27 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Jacques Tati, Nathalie Pascaud, Micheline Rolla, Louis Perrault, Valentine Camax

It's laugh-vacation time!

Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot (1953)

Timing: 1:27 (87 min)

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Release date

1953-02-25

Country

France

Production

Specta Films, Cady Films, DisCina

Genre

Comedy

Budget

Revenue

$109 522

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Director

Jacques Tati

Actors

Jacques Tati, Nathalie Pascaud, Micheline Rolla, Louis Perrault, Valentine Camax, André Dubois, Lucien Frégis, Raymond Carl, René Lacourt, Suzy Willy
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Jacques Lagrange, Pierre Aubert

Producer

Jacques Tati, Fred Orain

Operator

Jacques Mercanton

Composer

Alain Romans

Artist

Audition

Editing

Suzanne Baron, Charles Bretoneiche, Jacques Grassi
All team (15)

Short description

Monsieur Hulot, Jacques Tati’s endearing clown, takes a holiday at a seaside resort, where his presence provokes one catastrophe after another. Tati’s masterpiece of gentle slapstick is a series of effortlessly well-choreographed sight gags involving dogs, boats, and firecrackers; it was the first entry in the Hulot series and the film that launched its maker to international stardom.

What's left behind the scenes

The first screen appearance of Monsieur Hulot, who became the signature character of actor Jacques Tati (born Yakov Tatishev, 1907-1982).
British actor Rowan Atkinson named Monsieur Hulot as one of the characters whose traits are present in his Mr. Bean.
To play Monsieur Hulot, Jacques Tati turned down work on a sequel to his own 1949 comedy, 'Holiday'.
The resort in the film is depicted in accordance with Jacques Tati's memories of his own childhood.
Jacques Tati returned to 'Mr. Hulot's Holiday' throughout his life. In addition to the original 1953 version, he re-edited the film in 1960 and made significant changes to it in 1978. The final version of the film includes a scene in which Mr. Hulot's boat capsizes, and the bathers mistake its hull for a shark. Jacques Tati came up with this scene after watching Steven Spielberg's 'Jaws' (1975).
To play Monsieur Hulot, Jacques Tati turned down work on a sequel to his own 1949 comedy, *Holiday*.
Jacques Tati returned to *Monsieur Hulot's Holiday* throughout his life. In addition to the original 1953 version, he re-edited the film in 1960, and made significant changes to it in 1978. The final version of the film includes a scene where Hulot's boat capsizes, and swimmers mistake its hull for a shark. Jacques Tati came up with this scene after watching Steven Spielberg's *Jaws* (1975).

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