--- title: "This Weekend, Catch Jacques Tati’s Sexy “Trafic”" description: "It's a zany French comedy about an ill-fated road trip to a car show. What's not to love?" date: "2016-04-29" modified: "2021-05-18" authors: - name: "Ben Keeshin" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/ben-keeshin" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/culture/3266/this-weekend-catch-jacques-tatis-sexy-trafic" categories: - "Culture" - "News" tags: - "movies" --- # This Weekend, Catch Jacques Tati’s Sexy “Trafic” ![]() *\www.thedrive.com* Not every road movie has Bob Hope in it—not even close. This weekend, after eating, drinking, carousing and beyond, settle in Sunday for a little bit of, yes, French film. Skip the silent movies, the artsy black-and-whites, and the famous [one whose shooting endangered a dozen too many Parisian pedestrians]() in favor of Jacques Tati's 1971 comedy *Trafic,* a road-going romp starring the director himself as Monsieur Hulot, a clumsy auto designer working for fictional French car company, Altra. After designing a revolutionary, many-featuring camper van, Hulot sets off with a snooty publicity agent, Marie, to Amsterdam, for the auto show. There's a lot to like here. Kicky, electric organ-based, soundtrack? Get out the dancing shoes. Smorgasbord of Citroëns, including the always-arresting DS? See if you can get bored of the colors *Jaune Panama, Blue Delphinium* and *Rouge Corsaire.* Pre-CGI car crash choreography and pyrotechnics? You'll spit at the bevy of pixels in the next *Fast* installment. As part of the [Criterion Collection](), *Trafic* has been chosen by many people with mustaches and Katherine Hepburn accents, so you know it's good. We found it on Hulu, but your medium is up to you, *bien sûr.* Extra points for 35 mm. https://youtube.com/embed/-S2hRXV41S0 ## Author Ben Keeshin is a former staff writer for Maxim, and before that, contributed writing to the digital sides of Road & Track and Vanity Fair. ### Author social links [Twitter]()