WATCH PARTY: Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953) Jacques Tati @ Mary Pretlow Library

We'll be in the 2nd floor conference room, to the left as you get off the stairs/elevator. I'm told it would be good to watch this first before taking on Tati's Playtime later in the month. **RUNTIME:** 114 minutes **RATED:** PG **SYNOPSIS (via [Criterion](https://www.criterion.com/films/360-monsieur-hulot-s-holiday)):** Monsieur Hulot, Jacques Tati’s endearing clown, takes a holiday at a seaside resort, where his presence provokes one catastrophe after another. Tati’s masterpiece of gentle slapstick is a series of effortlessly well-choreographed sight gags involving dogs, boats, and firecrackers; it was the first entry in the Hulot series and the film that launched its maker to international stardom. **BLURBS:** "Exquisitely funny masterpiece with one of the greatest physical comedians of all time." - Nell Minow, *Movie Mom* "Tati is heir to the great comics of the silent era, Chaplin and Keaton and Lloyd." - Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com "There are some real laughs in it, but Mr. Hulot's Holiday gives us something rarer, an amused affection for human nature -- so odd, so valuable, so particular." - Roger Ebert, *Chicago Sun-Times*