Mon Oncle
“Mr Hulot takes a precious, playful and purely premeditated look at modern times...”
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.
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Cast
21 people
Jacques Tati
Monsieur Hulot
Known for
Jour de fête
School for Postmen
Jean-Pierre Zola
Monsieur Arpel
Known for
The Train
Conversation Piece
Adrienne Servantie
Madame Arpel
Also in
Love at the Top
Clémentine chérie
Lucien Frégis
Monsieur Pichard
Known for
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
Betty Schneider
Betty, Landlord's Daughter
Known for
Paris Belongs to Us
The Big Risk
Jean-François Martial
Walter
Known for
Wooden Crosses
Dominique Marie
Neighbor
No other roles listed
Yvonne Arnaud
Georgette, the Housekeeper
Also in
Lady in Danger
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
Adelaide Danieli
Madame Pichard
No other roles listed
Alain Bécourt
Gérald Arpel
No other roles listed
Régis Fontenay
Braces Dealer
Also in
The Contessa's Secret
Claude Badolle
Ragman
Also in
Head Against the Wall
Jacques Tati Director · Jacques Lagrange Screenplay Jean L'Hôte Screenplay
United States release November 3, 1958 · Produced in France, Italy · Production Specta Films, Alter Films
Production
Gaumont Distribution
Production
Specta Films
Production
Alter Films
Production
Film del Centauro
Production
Cady Films
Production
gray-film
Production
France · Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · May 9, 1958
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
France · May 10, 1958
Theatrical
United States · November 3, 1958
Theatrical
Argentina
March 14, 1959 · Premiere · Mar del Plata Film Festival
July 14, 1959 · Theatrical
Brazil
September 24, 1999 · Theatrical · Re-release
China
April 9, 2017 · Premiere · Beijing International Film Festival
Denmark
March 20, 1959 · Theatrical
Finland
December 12, 1958 · Theatrical
September 30, 1977 · Theatrical · Re-release
France
April 20, 1999 · Physical · DVD
July 6, 2005 · Theatrical · Re-release
December 18, 2013 · Theatrical · Re-release
February 18, 2014 · Digital · VOD
July 16, 2014 · Physical · Bluray
August 6, 2014 · Theatrical · Re-release (Restored Version)
May 1, 2021 · Digital · Netflix
July 15, 2026 · Theatrical · Restored version
Germany
June 23, 1959 · Theatrical · West Germany
February 23, 1962 · Theatrical · East Germany
Greece
July 20, 2006 · Limited theatrical
October 22, 2010 · Limited theatrical · Panorama of European Cinema
Hungary
December 17, 1959 · Theatrical
Italy
October 1, 1958 · Theatrical
Japan
June 20, 2002 · Premiere · French Film Festival
Mexico
October 27, 1958 · Premiere · Mexican Film Festival
Netherlands
September 4, 2003 · Theatrical · Re-release
June 30, 2007 · TV · Nederland 2
September 3, 2014 · Physical · DVD
July 30, 2026 · Theatrical · 4K Restoration
Norway
December 31, 1959 · Theatrical
Peru
August 18, 1960 · Theatrical
Poland
April 1, 1960 · Theatrical
Portugal
November 29, 1958 · Theatrical
January 26, 1959 · Theatrical · Porto
February 21, 1975 · Theatrical · Re-release
Russia
May 14, 1962 · Theatrical
Spain
October 14, 1958 · Theatrical
July 4, 2003 · Theatrical · Re-release
Sweden
January 29, 1959 · Theatrical
Türkiye
April 30, 1963 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
April 30, 1959 · Theatrical
January 9, 2014 · Theatrical · Re-release
Uruguay
May 18, 1959 · Theatrical
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