The Man in the Hat

Acting, directing, story line, filmography, music and scenery.

This is one of THOSE movies. It sticks with you long after you've watched it. You know, when something from the movie pops into your head a week later? And maybe you knit your forehead, raise an eyebrow, simply grin, or laugh out-loud a little?

I'm smiling right now thinking of one particular scene. But there are many in there, on many levels.

Funny as anything, and sometimes infinitely sad. Exciting too, and most certainly, curiosity filled & entertaining.

The writers must be geniuses. The cinematography magnificent. Direction masterfully fluid & seamless. The music so perfect. And Ciarán Hinds? Wow.

Reminds me, I have to watch it again tonight.

Like a breath of fresh air, especially during lockdown

I think I'll find it impossible to adequately describe this film and do it justice. Just make sure you see it and enjoy a quirky, charming, touching film that will stay with you. I will be on a ferry to France the moment we are free of this awful pandemic, albeit in a more reliable car. Brilliant, well done guys.

Its been a long time , since i watched this kinda movie, probably the last time it was early 2000. probably the main theme of the movie is LOVE, HOPE, Happiness and many more.

anyhow, very decent and solid performance by Hinds.

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