Traffic (Trafic) (1971)

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  • Trailer starring French comedian Jacques Tati

Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Jacques Tati

Producer:

Robert Dorfmann

Writer:

Jacques Tati

Release Date:

Dec 11, 1972

Runtime:

1hr 36m

Synopsis

Mr. Hulot drives a recreational vehicle from Paris to Amsterdam in his usual comical, disastrous style.

Cast

  • Jacques Tati
  • Maria Kimberly
  • Marcel Fraval
  • Honoré Bostel
  • Tony Kneppers
  • François Maisongrosse

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  • Feb 23, 2020

    *Tati edits together 5 minutes of people picking their noses in their cars* me: fantastic!

    896 Likes
    Karsten
    Karsten
    Feb 27, 2021

    Tati is a science fiction filmmaker. He sees both the absurdity of a nightmare consumerist-materialist future and also feels its general wonder, awed by its overall neatness. And so, in this movie, we are stuck in traffic down below while human beings land on the moon up…

    292 Likes
    Joshua Dysart
    Joshua Dysart
    Mar 20, 2013

    I wrote a longish review about my love for this film and what a genius Jacques Tati is. Unfortunately I hit something on my keyboard and lost that review. So, instead I will just say that Tati is the man. Have a lovely evening.

    268 Likes
    FilmApe
    FilmApe
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    Jul 23, 2020

    A car manufacturer can't even drive to their own car show; meanwhile on TV, other folks successfully land on the moon

    200 Likes
    ScreeningNotes
    ScreeningNotes
    Jul 27, 2021

    one of the less funny Tati films, but i honestly don’t think that took away from it at all. as it was one of this later films, he had reached such perfection by this point that he could honestly do know wrong, with everything he did feeling perfect and fitting to the time,…

    106 Likes
    spap1
    spap1
    May 9, 2026

    Tati is easily one of my favorite directors because the world he created is so unique and filled with all sorts of delightfully strange gadgets, contraptions, and futuristic machinery you won't find in any other filmmaker's oeuvre. Even in what is probably my least favorite…

    97 Likes
    vividswift
    vividswift
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    Mar 1, 2016

    It's continually impressive how Tati crafts comedy through long shot and scenery. There is so much going on in the framing that the jokes are packed in through every corner simply through the movement of characters, objects, animals or in this case vehicles. It really gets…

    96 Likes
    Willow Maclay
    Willow Maclay
    Jul 23, 2025

    A brilliant masterpiece that marks the perfect conclusion to Jacques Tati's illustrious cinematic universe. In Tati's world, everything operates under its own unique, absurdist set of rules, and Trafic is no exception. It feels like a perfect encapsulation of Tati's…

    87 Likes
    nick
    nick
    Jul 30, 2021

    I think Monsieur Hulot series is my favorite movie series now

    87 Likes
    Zegan
    Zegan

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    Trafic

    Rating: 6/10 It’s a 70s movie for sure but still funny.

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88

Tati is actually a silent comedian; his films are made with an amusing mixture of languages, but no one says anything very important and he doesn’t use subtitles because then we might read them and miss a sight gag.

Metacritic review by Richard Roeper
Richard Roeper
Chicago Sun-Times
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A pileup of technology, population movement, and dehumanization, traffic is a natural subject for writer-director-star Jacques Tati, whose perceptive pratfall comedies are often concerned with how our humanity gets lost in the particulars of “progress.”

Josh Larsen
LarsenOnFilm
80

For all of the laughter in Traffic, there are moments when the banal utilitarianism of the super-highway is seen as a work of extraordinary art.

Metacritic review by Vincent Canby
Vincent Canby
The New York Times

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Traffic (Trafic) (1971) (1972) family-friendly?
The movie has been rated as G (General Audiences), so all ages are admitted.
How long is Traffic (Trafic) (1971) (1972)?
The movie is 1hr 36min long.
What's Traffic (Trafic) (1971) (1972) about?
Mr. Hulot drives a recreational vehicle from Paris to Amsterdam in his usual comical, disastrous style.
Who's the cast of Traffic (Trafic) (1971) (1972)?
  • Jacques Tati as Monsieur Hulot
  • Maria Kimberly as Maria
  • Marcel Fraval as Truckdriver
  • Honoré Bostel as Director of ALTRA
  • Tony Kneppers as Mechanic
  • François Maisongrosse as François
Who's the director behind Traffic (Trafic) (1971) (1972)?
Jacques Tati directed Traffic (Trafic) (1971) (1972).
Who produced Traffic (Trafic) (1971) (1972)?
Robert Dorfmann produced Traffic (Trafic) (1971) (1972).