DVDS.(Life and Arts)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer | July 17, 2008 | Copyright

"TRAFIC"

97 minutes. Unrated.

French filmmaker and actor Jacques Tati returns to his Monsieur Hulot persona one last time with this 1971 comedy about an automotive designer who encounters endless troubles while taking his gadget-loaded camper to a car show in Amsterdam. Highlighting the extras in the ...

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