Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953)
"Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot" (original title)

Monsieur Hulot comes to a beachside hotel for a vacation, where he accidentally (but good-naturedly) causes havoc.

Director:

Jacques Tati

Writers:

Henri Marquet (dialogue), Henri Marquet (screenplay),

Stars:

Jacques Tati, Louis Perrault, André Dubois

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Jacques Tati	...	Monsieur Hulot
Louis Perrault	...	Fred
André Dubois	...	Commandant
Lucien Frégis	...	Hotel Proprietor (as Lucien Fregis)
René Lacourt	...	Strolling Man
Raymond Carl	...	Waiter
Nathalie Pascaud	...	Martine
Micheline Rolla	...	The Aunt (as Michèle Rolla)
Valentine Camax	...	Englishwoman
Suzy Willy	...	Commandant's Wife
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Marguerite Gérard	...	Strolling Woman

Storyline

Monsieur Hulot goes on a holiday to a seaside resort, but accidents and misunderstandings follow him where ever he goes. The peace and quiet of the hotel guests don't last very long with Hulot around, because although his intensions are good, they always turn out catastrophically.

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Plot Keywords:

hotel | holiday | vacation | seaside | bathing resort | 

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Taglines:

It's laugh-vacation time as Jacques Tati romps through the most gloriously mad lark ever to tickle the ribs of young and old alike!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

France

Language:

French German English

Release Date:

16 June 1954 (USA)

Also Known As:

Mr. Hulot's Holiday

Filming Locations:

Hotel de la Plage - 37 rue Commandant Charcot, Saint-Marc-sur-Mer, Loire-Atlantique, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Discina Film, Cady Films, Specta Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

114 min 100 min (1955)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The name of the hotel at which the guests stay is "The Hotel of the Beach".

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Goofs

When Hulot tries to get a book around another person, a book appears on the lamp table from nowhere.

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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.

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Connections

Referenced in The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1974)

User Reviews

Classic Humour

The measure of a good film, like a good painting, book or any other work of art, is its ability to draw you back time after time. I first saw M Hulot's Holiday more years ago than I care to remember and loved it immediately. The humour is gentle (it's not a laugh-a-minute riot) with superbly crafted scenes such as a tyre's inner tube transforming into a wreath interposed between the on-going observational humour as portrayed by the strolling husband and wife.

Seeing it again for the umpteenth time it's as fresh as the first time I saw it. In fact having lived in France for the best part of two years it appears even funnier now that it did before, something which, no doubt, reflects my own observations of the French way of life.