Regarded by many as Jacques Tati's masterpiece, Playtime is a surreal, comic vision of mankind's battle against the overwhelming depersonalisation of modern life.
Directed by
Jacques Tati
Written by
Art Buchwald (additional English dialogue); Jacques Lagrange (writer); Jacques Tati (writer).
Starring
Jacques Tati (Monsieur Hulot); Barbara Dennek (Young Tourist); Rita Maiden (Mr. Schultz's Companion (as Rita Maïden)); France Rumilly (Woman Selling Eyeglasses); France Delahalle (Shopper in Department Store); Valérie Camille (Mr. Lacs's Secretary); Erika Dentzler (Mme. Giffard); Nicole Ray (Singer); Yvette Ducreux (Hat Check Girl). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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