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You can watch Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953) for free on Kanopy.

Monsieur Hulot, Jacques Tati’s endearing clown, takes a holiday at a seaside resort, where his presence provokes one catastrophe after another. Tati’s masterpiece of gentle slapstick is a series of effortlessly well-choreographed sight gags involving dogs, boats, and firecrackers; it was the first entry in the Hulot series and the film that launched its maker to international stardom.

Monsieur Hulot attempts a peaceful seaside escape only to trigger a relentless chain of accidental chaos. Every carefully timed stumble and misplaced firecracker turns a quiet vacation into a beautiful, rhythmic comedy of errors.

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