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Playtime was French director Jacques Tati's 6th film, shot between 1964 and 1967 and released in 1967. It is famous for its enormous specially constructed set, known as Tativille. It was shot on 70 mm film, instead of the normal 35 mm film. In spite of critical acclaim, it failed at the box office, and the director had to file for bankruptcy as a result.

Synopsis

Playtime is structured in six sequences linked by two characters who keep bumping into each other in the course of the story: Barbara is a young American tourist visiting Paris and Mr. Hulot has a meeting with somebody important. The sequences are as follows:

At the airport: a group of American tourists arrive at Orly and discover a futuristic Paris made of cold, impersonal glass and steel buildings.
The offices: Mr. Hulot goes for an important meeting but he gets lost in a a maze of offices and ends up in an exhibition.
The exhibition of inventions: Mr. Hulot and the American tourists see new inventions including a silent door and a brush with headlights.
The appartments with glass walls: As night falls, Mr. Hulot meets an old friend who invites him to his ultra-modern flat.
The Royal Garden: Having escaped his friend, Mr. Hulot finds himself at the inauguration of a new restaurant with the American tourists. However the building work has hardly finished and there are various problems.
The carrosel of cars: In a car ballet, the tourists' coach returns to the airport.

Cast

Jacques Tati
: Monsieur Hulot
Barbara Dennek: The young american tourist
Jacqueline Lecomte: friend of american tourist
Valérie Camille: Mr Lacs's secretary
France Rumilly: seller of glasses
Laure Paillette: first lady at the lamppost
Colette Proust: second lady at the lamppost
Erica Dentzler: Mr/Mrs Giffard
Yvette Ducreux: la demoiselle du vestiaire
Rita Maiden: Mr Schultz's companion
Nicole Ray: the singer
Luce Bonifassy: customer at Royal Garden
Evy Cavallaro: customer at Royal Garden
Alice Field: customer at Royal Garden
Eliane Firmin-Didot: customer at Royal Garden
Ketty France: customer at Royal Garden
Nathalie Jam: customer at Royal Garden
Olivia Poli: customer at Royal Garden
Sophie Wennek: customer at Royal Garden
Jack Gauthier: the guide
Henri Piccoli: the important man
Léon Doyen: the doorman
Georges Montant: Mr Giffard, head waiter
John Abbey: Mr Lacs
Reinhart Kolldehoff: the German director
Grégoire Katz: The German salesman
Marc Monjou: the false Mr Hulot
Yves Barsacq: Mr Hulot's friend
Billy Kearns: Mr Schulz
Michel Francini: Manager of the hotel

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