World cinema       Made in Dagenham      Queen to Play
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When you watch enough comedies, you begin to get a sense of what
they are like. And sooner or later, those ideas congeal into
something approximating what a comedy should be like. So it is a
pleasant surprise when you come across something that does’t
quite fit the mold.  I had that experience while watching M.
Hulot’s Holiday yesterday. It is a French movie made by (and
starring in the title role) Jacques Tati in 1953. There is no
plot per se, not even one of those contrived madcap inventions
that keep you occupied through the running time but defy
description afterwards. A man (Hulot) who makes Captain Klutz
look org