Cours du soir (1967)

Director:

Nicolas Ribowski

Writer:

Jacques Tati (writer)

Genre:

Short

Plot:

Jacques Tati teaches an acting class about the subtleties of certain types of people to a group of eager (but not very talented) students. |

Cast

Jacques Tati	...	Monsieur Hulot
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alain Fayner
Marc Monjou

Also Known As:

Evening Classes (USA)
Abendschule (West Germany) [de]
Aftenkursus (Denmark) [da]
Iltakurssi (Finland) [fi]
Kvällskursen (Sweden) [sv]
Szkola wieczorowa (Poland) [pl]

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Certification:

Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud)

Company:

Specta Films

Trivia:

This title is featured on the Criterion Collection DVD for _Playtime (1967)_, released in 2001.

Movie Connections:

References L'école des facteurs (1947)

Not one of Tati's better works

Cours du soir is a sometimes funny Tati short, but it's own format harms it quite a bit. The film is of Tati teaching a night class how to mime as he does. It's not too funny watching Tati mime in front of a class. The tennis and horse riding bits are sort of lame. The postmen skit was done much better in the earlier short School for Postmen. The only really good thing in the film is his fisherman sketch. Otherwise, it's not too great. Nice to watch if you are a Tati fan. 6/10.