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Mon Oncle

Jacques Tati , Jean-Pierre Zola , Jacques Tati    DVD
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Jacques Tati, Jean-Pierre Zola, Adrienne Servantie
  • Directors: Jacques Tati
  • Format: PAL
  • Language: Italian, French
  • Subtitles: Italian
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Studio: San Paolo
  • Run Time: 111.00 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0041KYGKA

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Al centro di un quartiere moderno sorge la villa ultramoderna e imponente del signor Arpel, che vi abita con la moglie ed il figlio Gèrard, di nove anni. Il signor Arpel, ricco industriale e Presidente della società "Pastac", è il perfetto tipo del borghese che la posizione e l'agiatezza rendono importante. La sua esistenza perfettamente ordinata sarebbe ammissibile se gli lasciasse la possibilità di abbandonare, almeno per un istante, i problemi connessi con la sua attività d'industriale per dedicarsi a quelli più semplici creati dalla vitalità di suo figlio Gèrard. Anche la mamma, la signora Arpel, trascura il bambino perché il suo tempo e le sue energie sono dedicati completamente al compito di mettere in ordine e pulire continuamente e perfettamente la casa. In questo ambiente di perfezione appare frequentemente il fratello della signora Arpel, lo zio Hulot, per il quale Gèrard mostra una predilezione che desta la gelosia del signor Arpel. Lo zio Hulot è molto differente dai coniugi Arpel: vive con grande semplicità e quando viene a cercare Gèrard il piccolo ne è felice perché sa che lo zio lo farà uscire dalla monotonia della sua vita dove tutto è previsto e tutto si ripete automaticamente. Per sottrarre Gèrard all'influenza di questo zio così poco conformista, il signor Arpel dà a Hulot un posto nella sua industria mentre la signora Arpel pensa di dargli in moglie una sua vicina. Ma questi tentativi non hanno il successo sperato e il signor Arpel prende una decisione radicale: Hulot sarà un rappresentante della società all'estero. Tutta la famiglia lo accompagna alla stazione e gli addii sono rapidi, ma uscendo dalla stazione il signor Arpel inconsciamente ritrova l'attitudine familiare di Hulot verso Gèrard.

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38 of 38 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars My Uncle! 25 Jan 2006
Format:DVD
Golly, this is good! Tati takes M. Hulot from the seaside (M. Hulot's Holdiday', his earlier masterpiece) to the city,
where he's one of a troupe of highly-eccentric characters whose fantasies and foibles are explored in minute and hilarious fashion. Hulot (circa 1950s.),a descendant of Chaplin and Keaton, reincarnated recently as the absurd Mr. Bean.

There is no plot to speak of, rather a sequence of glimpses into the self-absorbed silliness of a businessman and his wife who inhabit a recently-assembled super-modern 'maison' complete with an endless supply of dysfunctional mod-cons. Much of the humour is sound-related. Everything buzzes and clacks. Everything is super-stylish and utterly useless. I took it as a satire on industrial civilisation, with utilitarianism displacing all that's natural.

A pack of stray dogs join in the fun, sniffing and pissing everywhere, as personal and fascinating as their human counterparts. The humour is wry and light. I regularly laughed out loud. I saw my own foibles (not to mention those of my friends and family) magnified in excruciating detail.
The depth of insight is extraordinary, the camera-work always perfect, and the boulevardian musical score entrancing and unforgettable.

This is a timeless masterpiece.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A treat long awaited 27 Nov 2004
By peterpb
Format:DVD
I have grown up with this film, as my father loved it, and his father before, and have been waiting for it to be released on DVD for ages. In Mon Oncle Jaques Tati created a very funny film (in places), a very French film, but above all a film that to me is a statement about life itself. Sometimes the action can be slow, but sometimes life is slow, and you have to wait for the payoff. And when that payoff comes, in Mon Oncle it's amongst the best cinematic moments ever, such as Tati testing the coffee maker for bounciness in his brother's hi-tec 50's kitchen. I will always treasure my Grandad belly laughing at the young boys tricking passers by into the lamp post - this film is like a personal treasure for me, and if it may not have the speed and pace of modern comedies, it has a huge wit, and a feeling of timelessness that will make it a classic forever.
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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars It's About Us 8 Oct 2005
Format:DVD
Jacques Tati's "Mon Oncle" astonished me by its fresh attitude. I saw this film for the first time in 2001, yet it feels as if I'd known it much longer. I adore its backgrounds - that's why you need to watch it at least twice - once to grasp the idea what's in the foreground, twice to notice the background, ever-walking workers with sausage-like plastic tubes among others. It's as much a film as a painting. I watched it again a week ago - and, sadly, it's still funny in 2005, and the laugh is on us - we love electronic devices around, we cherish high-tech kitchens and offices, yet sometimes we can't find our own self.
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5.0 out of 5 stars My Uncle
Silence can speak volumes, add in Mr Hulot and a brother with a 'modern electric' house and a cheeky nephew and just watch the hi-jinks ensue. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars What can I say?
This is a lovely classic. Next to no dialogue but it isn't needed. I keep saying to my husband that he is the Jacques Tati character as he always has to mess with things just... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mrs. A. Robinson
5.0 out of 5 stars Hulot at his best
Jacques Tati was a clown and "Mon Oncle" or "My Uncle" his appotheose.

A very good film and I can't forget the sleeping sofa ! ^_^
Published 4 months ago by zorglub 2A
3.0 out of 5 stars Mon Oncle
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4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting
This was a present for my husband and he has watched it several times. It is only suitable for a limited audienceMon Oncle [1958] [DVD]
Published on 25 Feb 2011 by Lorraine
4.0 out of 5 stars Who wouldn't love Jacques Tati?
Very gentle and nostalgic - maybe that's my age talking! Our youngest son loved it too so maybe not.
Published on 5 Aug 2010 by pegleg
5.0 out of 5 stars A great and gentle comedy of French life
Tati's third feature film is his first in colour, and of all his films it's the one which shows the greatest command of design, including costume design, lighting and composition. Read more
Published on 29 Dec 2009 by Peter Scott-presland
5.0 out of 5 stars Its not a Hollywood Blockbuster
It is however Wonderful. Of its time of course but Tati is a master of his art. Buy, watch, enjoy. Then get a CD of French cafe music of the 20s and immerse yourself in... Read more
Published on 7 Dec 2009 by Mr BEAM
5.0 out of 5 stars Tati's best film!
I first saw this film when I was about six years old and watching it again, many decades later, much of it comes back to me: the clicking of the high heels, the fountain, the... Read more
Published on 20 Oct 2009 by Joey Dean
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