Jacques Tati III: Mon Oncle (1958)
Part of the French Poetic Comedies: Jacques Tati
| Director: | Jacques Tati |
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| Certificate: | Guideline U |
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| Format: | 35mm |
| Language: | French with Eng subtitles |
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Winner of the Oscar and the New York Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Film, and of a Special Prize at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival, this incredible film is centred around Monsieur Hulot, adored uncle of young Gerard, who struggles to fit into ultra-mechanised and geometric new demands of Modernity.
PRIZES
Winner - Oscar for Best Foreign Film
Winner - New York Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Film
Winner - Special Prize at the International Cannes Film Festival
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Part of our season: FRENCH POETIC COMEDIES: JACQUES TATI FILM SEASON (10 TO 31 JULY 2011)
One of cinema’s greatest comedians, French director Jacques Tati has produced some of the most beautiful, inspired, light, funny and poetic comedies ever.Very little dialogue and a lot of visual creativity, reminiscent of Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton, these are perfect light little gems for the summer months!
Sun 10 July, 7.30pm: Jour de Fete (1949) + French wine and Conversation!
Masterpiece of visual comedy, huge success, this established Tati’s reputation in France and internationally.
“Might contain the greatest collection of sight gags ever committed to celluloid” - The Independent
Thu 28 July, 7.30pm: Mon Oncle (1958)
Winner of the Oscar and the New York Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Film, and of a Special Prize at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival.
Sun 31 July, 7.30pm: Play Time (1967)
According to French director F. Truffaut, it is “a film that comes from another planet”. A UFO, but a very friendly one!
Other films in the French Poetic Comedies: Jacques Tati:
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Film: Jacques Tati I: Jour De Fete + French Wine And Conversation! (1949)
10 Jul 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Telling the story of an inept and easily-distracted French mailman, who interrupts his duties to converse with the local inhabitants, this film contains wine drinking and a lot of cycling!
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Film: Jacques Tati Ii: Les Vacances De Monsieur Hulot + French Wine And Conversation! (1953)
14 Jul 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Introducing the shy, complex, and elegantly maladroit Monsieur Hulot, this film “might contain the greatest collection of sight gags ever committed to celluloid” (The Independent).
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Film: Jacques Tati Iv: Play Time (1967)
31 Jul 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Seen as Tati’s most daring film, an enormous set was built for the film, known as “Tativille”, for which Tati participated financially, and which stretched the production of the film to 3 years.