Hulot has a job interview -but before he can worry about impressing his future employer, he’ll need to find them first.
Landing in a reimagined modernist Paris, he has to navigate endless corridors, slippery floors, sinking chairs, sliding doors and misleading reflections in a high-tech corporate labyrinth where organised chaos reigns and Hulot sticks out as a misaligned cog in the machinery of modern life.Bumping into old war comrades and a cute American tourist along the way, Hulot leaves the office block behind and finds himself guest of honour at the opening of Paris’ newest (and worst) restaurant -an eatery so fresh the builders haven’t even left yet!
Dir: Jacques Tati | France, Italy | 1967 | 124 mins | Cert: PG
Starring:Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Rita Maiden
Language: French, English, German
Short film accompaniment: Herbert Simms City, 2019, Paddy Cahill
15th October
