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Playtime
Film · 1967
Jacques Tati
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Film 1967

Playtime

glass-and-steel comedymodernist Paris satireHulot drift
Director
Jacques Tati
Year
1967
Region
France
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Synopsis

Playtime is a 1967 satirical comedy film directed and co-written by Jacques Tati. Tati also stars in the film, reprising the role of Monsieur Hulot from his earlier films Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (1953) and Mon Oncle (1958). However, Tati grew ambivalent towards playing Hulot as a recurring central role during...

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glass-and-steel comedy glass-and-steel comedymodernist Paris satire
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Restates after-hours in a sharper film register.
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Playtime is a 1967 satirical comedy film directed and co-written by Jacques Tati. Tati also stars in the film, reprising the role of Monsieur Hulot from his earlier films Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (1953) and Mon Oncle (1958). However, Tati grew ambivalent towards playing Hulot as a recurring central role during...
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