The Man in the Hat journeys through France in a Fiat 500 accompanied by a framed photograph of an unknown woman. He is pursued by five angry men in a Citroën Dyane. Why are they chasing him? And how can he shake them off?
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Title: The Man in the Hat (2020)
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Cast
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| Ciarán Hinds | ... | The Man In The Hat | |
| Stephen Dillane | ... | The Damp Man | |
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Sasha Hails | ... | The Woman |
| Maïwenn | ... | The Biker | |
| Muna Otaru | ... | The Chef | |
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Brigitte Roüan | ... | The Hotel Manager |
| Claire Tran | ... | The Storyteller | |
| Xavier Laurent | ... | The Official | |
| Amit Shah | ... | The Measurer | |
| Zoé Bruneau | ... | The Measurer | |
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Richard Henry | ... | The 4th Bald Man |
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Mike Pickering | ... | The 5th Bald Man |
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James Lailey | ... | The 3rd Bald Man |
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Sylvain Thirolle | ... | The 1st Bald Man |
| Conor Lovett | ... | The 2nd Bald Man | |
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The Man in the Hat journeys through France in a Fiat 500 accompanied by a framed photograph of an unknown woman. He is pursued by five angry men in a Citroën Dyane. Why are they chasing him? And how can he shake them off?
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Nothing is harder to find than lost love.Genres:
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The poem written in the film is the opening lines from Baudelaire's "L'invitation au voyage" Mon enfant, ma soeur, Songe à la douceur D'aller là-bas vivre ensemble. See more »Goofs
No drink is poured after finishing a glass (21:30) and yet the glass is full again at (22:15) See more »
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FrenchRelease Date:
14 May 2021 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Made in a magnificent manner, this time its about a man with a hat travelling his fiat 500 through the rural districts of southeastern france in the summer. its a great climax of scenic views, a multitude of cinematographic teqniques, lots of vividly spirited music and a great show about the pecularities and serendipitous ways of life.
this film reminds me of my norwegian grandfather who travelled the italian countryside in the 60's and 70's in his little simca, with an italian vocabulary of max 5 words, at the initial phase of dementia, near deaf on both ears shuffling coal in the belly of a steamtramper all his life, and glasses thicker than an underarm, making his max speedlimit to 30 km/h, always with a smile, greating you lifting his hat as he passes by...as a bowled snail... that was some kind of grandfather i can tell... lost his drivers liscence at age 83, reason? driving too slow, but the simca stood in his yard till death ten years later.
so if youd like to fall back to holiday memories in the great canyons of europe, do join this road trip, its lovely, witty and consequent, and most of all a funny story without a word...its kind of maestrodamus thinks the grumpy old man, with a recommend