Jacques Tati plays Monsieur Hulot, a self-absorbed chucklehead in this satirical masterpiece that makes sport of mechanization, class distinctions and modernity. While visiting his sister's surreal, ultra-trendy home, Hulot finds himself incessantly at odds with newfangled contraptions that get the better of him. The tongue-in-cheek French comedy is unforgettably funny. It received the Oscar for Best Foreign Language film.
