Mon Oncle (1958)


Mon Oncle
Release Date10 May 1958
GenreComedy
CountryItaly
France
Filming LocationsCréteil, Val-de-Marne, France
LanguageFrench
Sound MixMono
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassSatire, Domestic Comedy, Slapstick
MoodJust for Fun
ThemesFish Out of Water, Nothing Goes Right, Eccentric Families
TonesDeadpan, Satirical, Humorous, Light, Witty
TagsFamily, Gadgets, Home, Lifestyle, Man Vs Machine, Modernity, Nephew, Parent, Rampage, Technology, Unemployment, Uninvited Guest
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Mon Oncle ("My Uncle") is a 1958 film comedy by French filmmaker Jacques Tati. The first of Tati's films to be released in colour, Mon Oncle won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, a Special Prize at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival, and the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film, receiving more honors than any of Tati's other cinematic works.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Jacques Tati
Monsieur Hulot

Jean-Pierre Zola
Charles Arpel

Adrienne Servantie
Madame Arpel

Lucien Frégis
Monsieur Pichard

Betty Schneider
Betty, Landlord's Daughter

Jean-François Martial
Walter

Dominique Marie
Neighbor

Yvonne Arnaud
Georgette, the Housekeeper

Adelaide Danieli
Madame Pichard

Alain Bécourt
Gerard Arpel

Régis Fontenay
Braces Dealer

Claude Badolle
Flea Market Dealer

Max Martel
Drunken Man

Nicolas Bataille
Working Man

Daki
Daki, the Arpels' Dachshund

Dominique Derly
Monsieur Arpel's Clerk

André Dino
Sweep

Suzanne Franck
-

Édouard Francomme
House Painter

Michel Goyot
Car Dealer

René Lord
-

Elsa Mancini
-

Jean Meyet
Bit Part

Denise Péronne
Mademoiselle Fevrier

Nicole Regnault
-

Jean-Claude Rémoleux
Client in Monsieur Arpel's Factory

Claire Rocca
Madame Arpel's Friend

Director

Jacques Tati
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Writer

Jacques Lagrange

Producer

Louis Dolivet
co-producer

Jacques Tati
producer

Alain Térouanne
associate producer

Fred Orain
producer

Original Music

Franck Barcellini
-

Alain Romans
-

Norbert Glanzberg
-

Cinematographer

Jean Bourgoin
-

Editor

Suzanne Baron
-

Production Designer

Henri Schmitt
-

Set Decorator

Henri Schmitt
-

Costume Designer

Jacques Cottin
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Makeup Department

Boris Karabanoff
makeup artist

Production Manager

Bernard Maurice
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Pierre Étaix
assistant director

Henri Marquet
assistant director

Art Department

Eugène Roman
assistant decorator

Sound Department

Jacques Carrère
sound engineer

Visual Effects

Bertrand Levallois
visual effects supervisor

Ugo Bimar
digital effects artist

Camera and Electrical Department

André Dino
still photographer

Claude Lecomte
assistant camera

Paul Rodier
camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Renée Rouzot
wardrobe

Other Crew

Sylvette Baudrot
script girl

Raymond Dechanseau
production assistant

Fred Orain
technical advisor

René Silvera
administrator

Juliette Wuidart
production secretary

Production Company

Gaumont Distribution

Specta Films
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Gray-Film
-

Alter Films
-

Distributor

Gaumont Distribution

British Film Institute (BFI)

Continental Distributing

Continental Home Vídeo

Criterion Collection, The

Globo Vídeo

Madman Entertainment
,

Miscellaneous

La Victorine
studios






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