Mon Oncle

7.4
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Run time: 118 min
  • Premiere: 1958. May 10.

Genial, bumbling Monsieur Hulot loves his top-floor apartment in a grimy corner of the city, and cannot fathom why his sister's family has moved to the suburbs. Their house is an ultra-modern nightmare, which Hulot only visits for the sake of stealing away his rambunctious young nephew. Hulot's sister, however, wants to win him over to her new way of life, and conspires to set him up with a wife and job.

Discover

Jacques Tati

Monsieur Hulot

Jean-Pierre Zola

Monsieur Arpel

Adrienne Servantie

Madame Arpel

Lucien Frégis

Monsieur Pichard

Betty Schneider

Betty, Landlord's Daughter

Yvonne Arnaud

Georgette, the Housekeeper

Adelaide Danieli

Madame Pichard

Alain Bécourt

Gérald Arpel

Régis Fontenay

Braces Dealer

Max Martel

Drunken Man

Nicolas Bataille

Working Man

Pierre Étaix

Delivery man / Telegraph operator (uncredited)

Jean-Claude Rémoleux

Client in Monsieur Arpel's Factory (uncredited)

Denise Péronne

Mademoiselle Fevrier (uncredited)

Nicole Regnault

Short-sighted motorist (uncredited)

Édouard Francomme

House Painter (uncredited)

André Dino

Sweeper (uncredited)

René Lord

(uncredited)

Art

Eugène Roman

Assistant Decorator

Henri Schmitt

Set Decoration

Henri Schmitt

Production Design

Camera

Jean Bourgoin

Director of Photography

Paul Rodier

Camera Operator

Claude Lecomte

Assistant Camera

André Dino

Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

Renée Rouzot

Wardrobe Designer

Boris Karabanoff

Makeup Artist

Jacques Cottin

Costume Design

Crew

Fred Orain

Technical Advisor

Directing

Jacques Tati

Director

Sylvette Baudrot

Script Supervisor

Pierre Étaix

Assistant Director

Henri Marquet

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Jacques Tati

Producer

Fred Orain

Producer

Juliette Wuidart

Production Secretary

René Silvera

Administration

Raymond Dechanseau

Production Assistant

Bernard Maurice

Production Manager

Alain Térouanne

Associate Producer

Louis Dolivet

Line Producer

Sound

Franck Barcellini

Original Music Composer

Alain Romans

Original Music Composer

Norbert Glanzberg

Original Music Composer

Jacques Carrère

Sound Engineer

Writing

Jacques Lagrange

Screenplay

Jean L'Hôte

Screenplay

Art

Eugène Roman

Assistant Decorator

Henri Schmitt

Set Decoration

Henri Schmitt

Production Design

Camera

Jean Bourgoin

Director of Photography

Paul Rodier

Camera Operator

Claude Lecomte

Assistant Camera

André Dino

Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

Renée Rouzot

Wardrobe Designer

Boris Karabanoff

Makeup Artist

Jacques Cottin

Costume Design

Crew

Fred Orain

Technical Advisor

Directing

Jacques Tati

Director

Sylvette Baudrot

Script Supervisor

Pierre Étaix

Assistant Director

Henri Marquet

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Jacques Tati

Producer

Fred Orain

Producer

Juliette Wuidart

Production Secretary

René Silvera

Administration

Raymond Dechanseau

Production Assistant

Bernard Maurice

Production Manager

Alain Térouanne

Associate Producer

Louis Dolivet

Line Producer

Sound

Franck Barcellini

Original Music Composer

Alain Romans

Original Music Composer

Norbert Glanzberg

Original Music Composer

Jacques Carrère

Sound Engineer

Writing

Jacques Lagrange

Screenplay

Jean L'Hôte

Screenplay