Northwest Film Forum

Tati's second Mr. Hulot film finds our hapless hero in suburbia, unwelcome in the ultra-high tech and fully automated household of his sister, brother-in-law and nephew. Mr. Hulot's influence on his nephew causes his brother-in-law so much concern that to distance the two he finds a job for Hulot at his plastics factory, with predictably hilarious results. Mon Oncle won a raft of international prizes, including the Special Jury Prize at Cannes and an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

"Mr. Hulot's second screen appearance was enough to put him among the immortals." -Faber Companion to Foreign Film