PlayTime (1967) on Netflix
Clumsy Monsieur Hulot comes to Paris for a meeting and loses his way in a maze of modern offices and gadgets. Barbara, an American tourist, crosses his path again and again.
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Plot summary
Paris has been rebuilt in glass and steel, and Monsieur Hulot arrives for a meeting with an American official in an office building where the rooms and corridors look alike. He wanders into a trade exhibition of office furniture and gadgets, among them a door built to shut in silence and a broom fitted with headlights. Barbara, a young American tourist, travels the same city with a tour group that keeps lining up its members and counting them, while she slips away. At nightfall Hulot visits an old friend in a sparsely furnished flat. A restaurant, the Royal Garden, prepares to open while it is still under construction.
Cast
- Valérie Camilleas Mr. Lacs's Secretary
- Erika Dentzleras Mme. Giffard
- Nicole Rayas Singer
- Yvette Ducreuxas Hat Check Girl
- Nathalie Jemas Customer of the Royal Garden
- Jacqueline Lecomteas Young Tourist's Friend
- Olivia Polias Customer of the Royal Garden
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- Sophie Wennekas Customer of the Royal Garden
- Evy Cavallaroas Customer of the Royal Garden
- Ketty Franceas Customer of the Royal Garden
- Eliane Firmin-Didotas Customer of the Royal Garden
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about PlayTime (1967)
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- To save money, some of Playtime's building facades and the interior of the Orly set were actually giant photographs, and Tati used life-sized cutout photographs of people instead of hiring extras.
- Budget crises and other disasters stretched the shooting of Playtime to three years, and storms damaged the specially built set, costing 1.4 million francs in repairs.
- Jacques Tati observed that building Playtime's enormous set cost no more than it would have cost to hire Elizabeth Taylor or Sophia Loren for the leading role.
- During down time on the Playtime shoot, a 27-minute short, Cours du Soir, was filmed on the same sets, with Tati's Hulot teaching students mime, how to smoke a cigarette and how to stumble up steps.
