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Sign in to saveTrafic (Traffic) is a 1971 comedy film directed by Jacques Tati. Trafic was the last film to feature Tati's famous character of Monsieur Hulot, and followed the vein of earlier Tati films that lampooned modern society.
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7.1Mr. 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.
Cast
- Jacques Tati as Monsieur Hulot
- Tony Knepper as Mechanic
- Maria Kimberly as Maria Kimberly
- Marcel Fraval as Marcel the truck driver
- Honoré Bostel as Director of ALTRA
- François Maisongrosse as François
Themes
- inventor
- modernity
- modern society
- road trip
- traffic jam
- messe
- road traffic
- road movie
- car designer
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Ratings
IMDb
7/10
8,011 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
Metacritic
84/100
- Year
- 1971
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Genres
- Comedy
- Rated
- G
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 win & 1 nomination total
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Trafic
- Film.image
- Trafic.jpg
- Film.caption
- Original French release poster
- Film.director
- Jacques Tati
- Film.producer
- Robert Dorfmann
- Film.writer
- Jacques TatiJacques LagrangeBert Haanstra
- Film.starring
- Jacques TatiTony KnepperFranco ResselMario ZanuelliMaria Kimberly
- Film.music
- Charles Dumont
- Film.cinematography
- Eduard van der EndenMarcel Weiss
- Film.editing
- Jacques TatiMaurice LaumainSophie Tatischeff
- Film.studio
- Les Films CoronaLes Films GibéSelenia Cinematografica
- Film.distributor
- Variety Distribution
- Film.runtime
- 96 minutes
- Film.country
- ItalyFrance
- Film.language
- FrenchDutchEnglish
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Original language
- Dutch
- Main subject
- transport
- Director
- Jacques Tati
- Screenwriter
- Jacques Tati
- Cast member
- Maria Kimberly
- Composer
- Charles Dumont
- Producer
- Robert Dorfmann
- Cinematographer
- Marcel Weiss
- Narrative location
- Netherlands
- Duration
- 92
- FilmAffinity ID
- 992174
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1971-12-17
- title
- Trafic
- distributed by
- Netflix
- set in period
- 1969
- review score
- 95%
- film editor
- Sophie Tatischeff
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Encyclopedic overview
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Trafic (Traffic) is a 1971 comedy film directed by Jacques Tati. Trafic was the last film to feature Tati's famous character of Monsieur Hulot, and followed the vein of earlier Tati films that lampooned modern society.
Tati's use of the word "trafic" instead of the usual French word for car traffic (la circulation) may derive from a desire to use the same franglais he used when he called his previous film Playtime, and the primary meaning of trafic is "exchange of goods", rather than "traffic" per se. The word "Trafic" was subsequently used for a light utility vehicle model manufactured by Renault starting in 1981.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Traffic” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.