Fred Orain
Mon oncle
With many idea rich comic situations French director Jacques Tati uses his poetic ways and knowledge of the discrepancy between heart and technique to tell a gentle business satiric tale that won him the Oscar for best foreign film in 1959.
Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot
Mr. Hulot’s Holiday is the classic film from French director Jacques Tati. His second film is a comedy and his most famous.
Jour de fête
A village postman with no sense of humour delivers his mail via bicycle on the day the travelling fair comes to town. He is disrupted by a short film about US speed and efficiency and the playful teasing of the village folk.
L'école des facteurs
Jacques Tati plays a French postman adamant to prove he can be just as fast as American postmen at delivering mail.
Les enfants du paradis
In a chaotic 19th-century Paris teeming with aristocrats, thieves, psychics, and courtesans, theater mime Baptiste is in love with the mysterious actress Garance. But Garance, in turn, is loved by three other men: pretentious actor Frederick, conniving thief Lacenaire, and Count Edouard of Montray.