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Monsieur Hulot comes to a beachside hotel for a vacation and accidentally, but good-naturedly, causes havoc.Monsieur Hulot comes to a beachside hotel for a vacation and accidentally, but good-naturedly, causes havoc.Monsieur Hulot comes to a beachside hotel for a vacation and accidentally, but good-naturedly, causes havoc.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 wins & 3 nominations total
Micheline Rolla
- The Aunt
- (as Michèle Rolla)
Lucien Frégis
- Hotel Proprietor
- (as Lucien Fregis)
Georges Adlin
- South American
- (uncredited)
Pierre Aubert
- The Young Intellectual
- (uncredited)
César Baldaccini
- Bearded Camper
- (uncredited)
Michèle Brabo
- Holidaymaker
- (uncredited)
Pierre Clauzel
- Holidaymaker on Beach
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJacques 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.
- GoofsWhen 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.
- Quotes
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.
- Crazy credits(Part 2/2): "The restoration project undertaken in 2009 is based on the last version that shocked Tati edited in 1978. You are about to discover the last version, the one the director intended. Thanks to the photochemical process and digital tools, the original image quality of the picture and the richness of the sound have been successfully recreated. Mr. Hulot can now get back on the road and resume his comedy act."
- Alternate versionsOriginal French version is ca. 18 minutes longer than the US version.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Omnibus: Monsieur Hulot's Work (1976)
Featured review
Gentle, funny comedy of errors
Mr Hulot goes to the seaside and madness ensues.
This is a funny funny film. Whether you see it in English or French makes no difference since the entire story is told visually, so much so that the dialog, what little there is, is not needed.
The laughs, when the come, are the sort to double you over with pain and tears in your eyes. Its wonderfully funny.
The problem that some people will have with the film is its pacing and plot. Actually there is no plot, its simply a collection of events while Hulot stays at the seaside resort. The pacing is leisurely with laughs coming after scenes of quiet beauty, and slice of life moments that seem to lead nowhere. Its like a week at the beach and moves at its own pace.
Despite what some may consider flaws THE FILM WILL MAKE YOU LAUGH. Which is all that matters. And even if you're someone like me who likes, but doesn't really love the film, you'll find yourself wanting to see this again simply to see what you missed and to marvel at the artistry (How did they do the floating paint can?)
7 out of 10.
This is a funny funny film. Whether you see it in English or French makes no difference since the entire story is told visually, so much so that the dialog, what little there is, is not needed.
The laughs, when the come, are the sort to double you over with pain and tears in your eyes. Its wonderfully funny.
The problem that some people will have with the film is its pacing and plot. Actually there is no plot, its simply a collection of events while Hulot stays at the seaside resort. The pacing is leisurely with laughs coming after scenes of quiet beauty, and slice of life moments that seem to lead nowhere. Its like a week at the beach and moves at its own pace.
Despite what some may consider flaws THE FILM WILL MAKE YOU LAUGH. Which is all that matters. And even if you're someone like me who likes, but doesn't really love the film, you'll find yourself wanting to see this again simply to see what you missed and to marvel at the artistry (How did they do the floating paint can?)
7 out of 10.
- dbborroughs
- Nov 25, 2004
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- Mr. Hulot's Holiday
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- Gross worldwide
- $256,961
- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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