Mon Oncle

Mon Oncle

118 mins | Comedy | May 10, 1958

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.

Mon Oncle

118 mins | Comedy | May 10, 1958

Mon Oncle
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.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers Gaumont Distribution, Alter Films, Specta Films, Gray-Film, Film del Centauro, Cady Films
Original title Mon oncle
Directors Pierre Étaix, Henri Marquet, Jacques Tati
Writers Jean L'Hôte, Jacques Lagrange, Jacques Tati

Cast

Jacques Tati

as Monsieur Hulot

Jean-Pierre Zola

as Monsieur Arpel

Adrienne Servantie

as Madame Arpel

Lucien Frégis

as Monsieur Pichard

Betty Schneider

as Betty, Landlord's Daughter

Dominique Marie

as Neighbor

Yvonne Arnaud

as Georgette, the Housekeeper

Adelaide Danieli

as Madame Pichard

Alain Bécourt

as Gérald Arpel

Régis Fontenay

as Braces Dealer

Claude Badolle

as Ragman

Max Martel

as Drunken Man

Nicolas Bataille

as Working Man

Pierre Étaix

as Delivery man / Telegraph operator (uncredited)

Jean-Claude Rémoleux

as Client in Monsieur Arpel's Factory (uncredited)

Denise Péronne

as Mademoiselle Fevrier (uncredited)

Nicole Regnault

as Short-sighted motorist (uncredited)

Édouard Francomme

as House Painter (uncredited)

André Dino

as Sweeper (uncredited)

René Lord

as (uncredited)