M. Hulot's Holiday (1953)

Jacques Tati comedy introduced his good natured yet clumsy, pipe smoking character Mr. Hulot. Film is a warm, good hearted, genuinely funny farce on french sea-side vacations in the summer. Hulot is a kind of precursor to the later Mr. Bean, but also emblematic of silent comedy's in the style of Buster Keaton or Charlie Chaplin. Pleasant romp has a leisurely pace, not quite as funny as I'd hoped, but wins you over. Love the lite jazz score. Approved.