May 17: Joinville and Mon Oncle

Joinville is the location in France where Mon Oncle, a Jacques Tati film featuring his character Monsieur Hulot who appeared in several of his films was made.

It's become a place of pilgrimage for those who like the films of this French director.

Hulot and Habitats blog post explains more.

Mr Hulot's house has its own peculiar internal geography.

Tati seems to have been a bit of an interior designer cum architect.

He designed the modernist set of the Arpell house that features in the film Mon Oncle, which perplexes him, even the furniture and the stove cause confusion over their correct usage.

Here's the trailer, thanks to the BFI: