Old world meets new in this brilliantly observed satire of suburban modernity. When Hulot visits his sister’s absurdly futuristic home and takes a job in a plastics factory, his presence quietly dismantles the sterile world around him. Tati’s first colour film, Mon Oncle won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and remains a playful critique of consumer culture and conformity. A favourite film of David Lynch who chose to screen it during the opening week of his Club Silencio in Paris

To kick off the summer, we’re screening three of Jacques Tati’s most iconic films in celebration of one of cinema’s great comic auteurs.

With his background in mime and music hall, Tati elevated physical comedy to an art form. Across these films, his pipe-smoking, umbrella-toting alter ego Monsieur Hulot bumbles his way through postwar France, awkwardly navigating seaside resorts, gadget-filled kitchens, and the glass-and-steel labyrinths of modern life. But these aren’t just slapstick romps — they’re precise, painterly works of cinematic architecture, full of quiet satire and densely choreographed visual gags.

“When you watch his films, you realise how much he know about – and loved – human nature, and it can only be an inspiration to do the same.” David Lynch