Mon Oncle (1958)

Director
Jacques Tati

Main cast
Jacques Tati; Jean-Pierre Zola; Adrienne Servantie; Alain Bécourt; Lucien Frégis

Genres
Comedy

Description
With many idea rich comic situations French director Jacques Tati uses his poetic ways and knowledge of the discrepancy between heart and technique to tell a gentle business satiric tale that won him the Oscar for best foreign film in 1959.


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