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Synopsis: Monsieur Hulot has to contact an American official in Paris, but he gets lost in the maze of modern architecture which is filled with the latest technical gadgets. Caught in the tourist invasion, Hulot roams around Paris with a group of American tourists, causing chaos in his usual manner.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Jacques Tati
Production: Continental Distributing
  2 wins.
 
IMDB:
8.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
NOT RATED
Year:
1967
115 min
1,774 Views


Robert, make sure your scarf is tight,

otherwise you'll catch a cold.

- Take real good care of yourself now, darling.

- Sure, sure.

There's an important person.

Think about what I've said now.

Keep yourself warm.

- Darling, you have your vitamines.

- Sure, sure.

- Look, an officer.

- An officer?

- Does it feel good?

- Sure.

You have to wait long here.

- Look how cute he is.

- Yes.

You're wearing your clock, aren't you?

What time is it?

- Have you made an appointment or not?

- I have.

Just tell me if you come to think of anything.

I packed your cigarettes

and the pajamas is in the bottom.

- Anything to declare? Open your bag!

- This is ridicilous! Unbelievable!

- Thank you, ma'am.

- Thank you.

- French.

- Yes, yes.

Some words for our newspaper, please.

Director...

The only thing I have to say

at the moment is that...

Ladies and gentlemen,

let me count how many you are.

Now, ladies, follow me please.

Now, ladies, follow me.

Right this way, hurry please.

Come on ladies...

Now, you stop here please.

Ladies, please stop.

From here to here, "Royal Htel".

And from here to here, "Le Moderne".

Have a nice trip.

Oh, hi!

Mr. Hulot!

I'm not Hulot, what are you talking about? My name is Smith!

I think you've made some sort of mistake.

- Oh, they've got such teeny cars.

- Barbara, come sit over here!

- Where are the monuments?

- Looks like they have parking problems in Paris.

- Barbara, aren't they cute!

- Yes.

Look over there!

No, no, it's forbidden.

Sure, sure, this way.

Thank you for that.

Good bye, gentlemen.

There.

Sit down.

I'll take care of you in a minute.

Let's see...

Please give me number 440...

I repeat...

- Two.

- One?

Not one. Two. Thats right.

Good, now we're done.

That's it.

All things electric! To know how it works

you have to know the inner beings of it.

I have reported that you're here.

You can wait here meanwhile.

I you don't mind I'll

continue to smoke.

I will...

Now...

Mister?

- No!

- Oh.

Please.

- This way, mister.

- In there...

Mister...

The mister over there is waiting and he...

Come! Mr. Giffard just went past.

Follow me.

I'm sorry, but I can't...

Can't you see I'm busy?

Mister...

Mr. Giffard, a call from Dsseldorf.

- Accounting department?

- Yes.

Hello, Lex speaking.

Could you give me the exact

figures of the consolidated account.

- Your turnover, yes. Just a moment.

- Thank you.

Mr. Lex?

For April, in dollars, 4 025 009.

4 025 009? Perfect. Thank you.

Mr. Hilaire has a telephone call,

place number 24.

...shows a clear tendency that we're

strengthening our position on the marketplace.

And when our reserves

have been changed into gold...

During our international

exhibition-

-don't forget to visit our showcase...

We ask Mr. Chauvau to go to entrance B

for a walk-through of the exhibition.

Mister, excuse me, but

you don't have a nameplate.

You're not part of the group.

This way, follow me.

In five hours the bus will pick you up.

Please be back five thirty sharp.

Barbara, come here!

Let's see the sights.

Ladies, excuse me, would you mind?

That's really Paris!

I'd like to take a photo.

- Oh, I'm sorry.

- That's alright.

- Ma'am, may I...?

- A picture? But look at my clothes.

Hey boys, do you mind?

Excuse me...

This will be a little longer.

It'll take just a minute.

Excuse me, I want to take your picture.

Please, could you move over here and let

me take your picture together?

Just stand there together and get these flowers,

And a big smile, hold it, that's real good!

Could you hold the camera behind just a minue?

- Barbara, hurry up!

- I'm coming.

Oh, come on girls, wait 'til you see how modern it is!

And they even have american stuff. Come on!

Here's our new model,

the "beauty glasses".

Barbara, come on!

This way. Come on...

Here's our new electrical broom,

equipped with two powerful lamps.

Hey everybody, come over here!

One battery.

Two batteries.

Connect the two lamps.

- The advantage is that the broom is twistable.

That's really practical.

What a good idea.

Now you'll see... Lights on!

- I'm happy to help.

- I'd like some information about the doors.

At once.

Let's see...

Take a seat.

This is our most modern model.

It spins too.

Great!

- So noise won't pass through?

- That's right. I'll explain.

The doors are made out of a material

that doesn't let trough the tiniest noise.

Can I close the door without

it making a noise?

I'll show you.

You see the thickness of the door.

- The material guarantees total silence.

- It seems interesting.

Our motto is "Slam your Doors

in Golden Silence."

- Here are the prices and all the articles.

- Thank you very much.

Happy to serve you.

I'm very pleased with

your organisation.

Mr Director,

we have certain problems.

A man sat down here. He had

a long pipe and a long scarf.

He sat here snooping,

went through all the papers...

He sat here reading without being the least untroubled.

People are perflexing!

Hey, come here Barbara,

there's a lot!

Gentlemen, this way.

There's that man!

- He's snooping everywhere.

- Get him.

Mister, I'm happy to see you.

Come closer. You can hang your clothes there.

Let me help you with your coat.

It's so hot in here.

Please, feel at home. There we go.

We almost forgot the hat.

Now take a seat and feel at home.

Sit down there.

A cigarette! Do you smoke? No?

Can I do something else for you?

Maybe you want to look at my papers.

Well, go on!

I'm the director here

and all this is my work.

We have an excellent material. We are the

first ones who try to reach silence.

And you could call this a success.

Have you got that?

Air head!

Mister, my lamp doesn't work.

Could you...?

We'll wait in the showroom.

Come here!

It wasn't him.

He was smaller and had a scarf.

I am really sorry.

I like operettes and asked my

cousin if she wanted to join me.

Does it work? Does it?

I'm so happy. Thank you very much.

Do I owe you anything?

No, no.

It was very kind of you. Thanks.

Excuse me, could you tell me where

the New Moon showroom is?

What does my lady wish to see?

- This way...

Mister! Dear mister!

You left without your coat.

You don't mind

me helping you?

I'm so sorry, once again.

I really am.

- Mister, there's a man calling you over there.

- Hey, Hulot! You remember the army, don't you?

We'll meet over there!

They've already seen the Eiffel tower.

Ladies and gentlemen,

this way...

I want to go to New York tonight

and be in Boston...

Hello, no.

- Just a moment

Mister!

- Are you alright?

- Sure, I am.

- Mister!

- Yes?

- Wrong person, I'm very sorry.

- Oh that's alright sir.

Mister, please

excuse me but this is...

Hulot! Don't you recognize me?

Schneller, we did our military service together.

I'll be right there.

Wait for me there.

The things you have go through.

But like they say...

"Time is money." The car is new.

I've had it for two days.

I paid for it with cash.

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Jacques Tati

Jacques Tati (French: [tati]; born Jacques Tatischeff, pronounced [tatiʃɛf]; 9 October 1907 – 5 November 1982) was a French filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter. Throughout his long career, he worked as a comic actor, writer, and director. In a poll conducted by Entertainment Weekly of the Greatest Movie Directors, Tati was voted the 46th greatest of all time. With only six feature-length films to his credit as director, he directed fewer films than any other director on this list of 50. Tati's Playtime (1967) ranked 43rd in the 2012 Sight & Sound critics' poll of the greatest films ever made.As David Bellos puts it, "Tati, from l'Ecole des facteurs to Playtime, is the epitome of what an auteur is (in film theory) supposed to be: the controlling mind behind a vision of the world on film". more…

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