Landing in a reimagined modernist Paris, he has to navigate endless corridors, slippery floors, sinking chairs, sliding doors and misleading reflections in a high-tech corporate labyrinth where organised chaos reigns and Hulot sticks out as a misaligned cog in the machinery of modern life.Bumping into old war comrades and a cute American tourist along the way, Hulot leaves the office block behind and finds himself guest of honour at the opening of Paris' newest (and worst) restaurant -an eatery so fresh the builders haven't even left yet!

Dir: Jacques Tati | France, Italy | 1967 | 124 mins | Cert: PG

Starring:Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Rita Maiden

Language: French, English, German

Short film accompaniment: Herbert Simms City, 2019, Paddy Cahill

During a massive housing crisis, Dublin Corporation Housing Architect Herbert Simms designed and oversaw the building of 17,000 new homes in Dublin City from 1932 to 1948. This short film observes some of Simms designs, while we hear Nell Regan’s poem inspired by him, and Irene Buckley’s original musical composition.