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Mon oncle

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  • Release Date: October 29 2012
  • Country of Release: United Kingdom
  • MSRP: £19.99
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Directed by: Jacques Tati
Featuring: Jacques Tati
Jaques Tati's multi-award-winning third feature, Mon Oncle - a satirical assault on the twin targets of efficiency and the modern world - confirmed his reputation as the foremost comic artist of his day. Tati's second outing as the accident-prone M. Hulot takes him to Paris where the aggressively high-tech lifestyle of his relatives, the Arpels, is contrasted with his old-fashioned ways in a scruffy part of town. Young Gerard Arpel is very fond of his gauche uncle and the children in his neighbourhood but his disapproving parents resolve to get Hulot a job or a wife. The disastrous outcome is a masterpiece of design and symmetry and of technically brilliant gags. The heart-warming ending is true to Tati's vision of the modern world as a confusing place that is ultimately fulll of charm and humanity.
  • Year: 1958
  • Time: 116 | 109 min.

Technical Specifications

Format: Blu-ray/DVD
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Audio: English 2.0 Dolby Digital Mono , French 2.0 Dolby Digital Mono , English 2.0 PCM Mono , French 2.0 PCM Mono
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Subtitles: English
Region: 2/B
Discs: 2 Discs |  DVD-9/BD-50

Supplements

  • My Uncle (Jacques Tati, 1984): the English version of Mon Oncle shot simultaneously
  • Mon Oncle trailer (DVD only)
  • Fully illustrated booklet with film notes and credits

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