Jacques Tati — Actor (10)
The Illusionist (2010) [Movie] Douban NeoDB IMDb TMDB WikiData
L'Illusionniste
director: Sylvain Chomet actor: Jean-Claude Donda / Eilidh Rankin
other title: L'illusionista / Illusionisten
A French illusionist travels to Scotland to work. He meets a young woman in a small village. Their ensuing adventure in Edinburgh changes both their lives forever.
PlayTime (1967) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb Douban TMDB
PlayTime
8.1 (15 ratings) director: Jacques Tati actor: Jacques Tati / Barbara Dennek
other title: Play Time - Tempo di divertimento / Playtime - Vida Moderna
Clumsy Monsieur Hulot finds himself perplexed by the intimidating complexity of a gadget-filled Paris. He attempts to meet with a business contact but soon becomes lost. His roundabout journey parallels that of an American tourist, and as they weave through the inventive urban environment, they intermittently meet, developing an interest in one another. They eventually get together at a chaotic restaurant, along with several other quirky characters.
Parade (1974) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Parade
director: Jacques Tati actor: Jacques Tati / Michèle Brabo
other title: Il circo di Tati / Zafarrancho en el circo
For his final film, Jacques Tati takes his camera to the circus, where the director himself serves as master of ceremonies. Though it features many spectacles, including clowns, jugglers, acrobats, contortionists, and more, Parade also focuses on the spectators, making this stripped-down work a testament to the communion between audience and entertainment.
Jour de Fête (1949) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb
Jour de fête
director: 雅克·塔蒂 actor: 盖·德孔布勒 / 雅克·塔蒂
other title: Giorno di festa / En festlig dag
Jour de Fête tells the story of an inept and easily-distracted French mailman who frequently interrupts his duties to converse with the local inhabitants, as well as inspect the traveling fair that has come to his small community. Influenced by too much wine and a newsreel account of rapid transportation methods used by the United States postal system, he goes to hilarious lengths to speed the delivery of mail while aboard his bicycle.
Soigne ton gauche (1936) [Movie] Douban
Soigne ton gauche
director: 雷内·克莱芒 actor: 雅克·塔蒂
other title: 小心左边 / Watch Your Left
Early Tati Feature With Some Good Moments, 21 July 2005
Author: Snow Leopard from Ohio
A very young-looking Jacques Tati provides some good moments in this generally amusing early feature. The overall style of the comedy (which was directed by René Clément) is somewhat different from Tati's own, but with some hints in his character of things to come.
The simple story has Tati's character working on a farm when he meets a boxer who is in training nearby. The early parts are pleasant, if a little slow, but when Tati gets in the ring with the boxer, the pace starts to build up quickly, leading to a madcap climax. It makes fairly good use of the opportunities, and it is particularly funny to see Tati's character keep trying to refer to the boxing manual. It's a good gag, and not an easy one to pull off that smoothly.
No one would compare this with Tati's best features, but it is a solid comedy with some good laughs. If it had been a Hollywood short comedy of the mid- to late-1930s, it would probably have been a little above average.
Trafic (1971) [Movie] TMDB Douban IMDb NeoDB
Trafic
director: 雅克·塔蒂 actor: 雅克·塔蒂 / 马塞尔·弗瓦尔
other title: Monsieur Hulot nel caos del traffico / Trafic - Sim, Sr. Hulot
Mr. Hulot is the head designer of the Altra Automotive Co. His latest invention is a newfangled camper car loaded with outrageous extra features. Along with the company's manager and publicity model, Hulot sets out from Paris with the intention of debuting the car at the annual auto show in Amsterdam. The going isn't easy, however, and the group encounters an increasingly bizarre series of hurdles and setbacks en route.
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot
director: Jacques Tati actor: Jacques Tati / Nathalie Pascaud
other title: Le vacanze di Monsieur Hulot / Festlige feriedage
Monsieur Hulot, Jacques Tati’s endearing clown, takes a holiday at a seaside resort, where his presence provokes one catastrophe after another. Tati’s masterpiece of gentle slapstick is a series of effortlessly well-choreographed sight gags involving dogs, boats, and firecrackers; it was the first entry in the Hulot series and the film that launched its maker to international stardom.
Mon Oncle (1958) [Movie] Douban NeoDB TMDB WikiData IMDb
Mon oncle
8.2 (5 ratings) director: Jacques Tati actor: Jacques Tati / Jean-Pierre Zola
other title: Mio zio / Min onkel
Genial, bumbling Monsieur Hulot loves his top-floor apartment in a grimy corner of the city, and cannot fathom why his sister's family has moved to the suburbs. Their house is an ultra-modern nightmare, which Hulot only visits for the sake of stealing away his rambunctious young nephew. Hulot's sister, however, wants to win him over to her new way of life, and conspires to set him up with a wife and job.
Sylvia and the Ghost (1946) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Sylvie et le fantôme
director: Claude Autant-Lara actor: Odette Joyeux / François Périer
other title: Sylvia und das Gespenst / Sylvie et le fantôme
A teenager becomes fixated on a painting of the handsome suitor who died in a duel for her grandmother's love. On her sixteenth birthday, her father hires three men who pretend to be the ghost of the suitor to entertain her. Little do they know, the ghost of the suitor himself is roaming the castle halls.