Mon Oncle. Franck Barcellini

The hopeless Monsieur Hulot (Jacques Tati) once again finds himself affecting people's lives without realizing what he has done. Hulot has taken his young nephew Alain (Gerard Arpel) under his wing allowing him to play with other children. The boy's parents (Jean-Pierre Zola and Adrienne Servantie) live in a ultra-modern house where the boy's overly pretentious mother will barely let him breathe. Concerned that he may be a bad influence on the boy, Hulot's sister and brother-in-law devise a plan to keep him occupied.

François (Franck) Barcellini was born in Lyon in 1920. He worked for the cinema, but also the theater and the music. The main theme is a repetitive exuberant twelve-note motif on the piano is underlined by silkened flutes, Balearic guitar twangs and bonfire banjos. Once the castanet-accompanied accordion enters the scene, you'll literally find yourself in France. There's even the slightest glimpse of dreaminess perceptible as the vibrant sustain of a few mellifluous vibraphone backings appears. The next theme, Le Vieux Quartier, puts an even greater focus on the dim-witted bon vivant. It is played when the viewer encounters a first glimpse on the house of Hulot – a strong countervailing scenario to the futuristic-materialistic palace of his relatives. This theme is particularly romantic and warm-hearted thanks to its festive accordion chords, gourd-like pizzicato performance on the banjo and rosé-esque piano notes.