Jacques Tati - Master Director

A professional rugby player in his youth, Jacques Tati started his acting career as a mime in French music halls and, in the late 1930s, recorded some of his early supporting cameos on film. One of his short films, The School For Postmen (1947) was the basis for his first feature, Jour De Fête (1949). The leading character in almost all of Tati's movies is the eccentric Mr. Hulot: a goofy, well-meaning character who is a misfit in the modern world. With his trademark raincoat, umbrella and pipe, Hulot is among the most memorable comic characters in cinema.

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Film & Animation

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• NDTV Lumiere
• Jacques Tati
• world cinema
• foreign films
• Comedy
• Charlie Chaplin
• Mr Bean

[crazyfriendsbe]

wow nicely done =)

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[RasikaTM]

Mira Nair considers herself a student of Jacques Tati - he's on her list of 3 top all-time fav directors !