The Man in the Hat(2021)

Name: The Man in the Hat
Director: John-Paul Davidson
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: May 14, 2021
Cast: Ciarán Hinds, Sylvain Thirolle, Conor Lovett, James Lailey

Gravitas Ventures

1h 35m
- Comedy
- Drama

Release Date: May 14, 2021

The Man in the Hat journeys through France in a Fiat 500 accompanied by a framed photograph of an unknown woman. He is pursued by five angry men in a Citroën Dyane. Why are they chasing him? And how can he shake them off?

Release Details

Original Release | May 14, 2021 | Limited

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Director & Top Cast

John-Paul Davidson
Director

Stephen Warbeck
Director

Ciarán Hinds
The Man

Sylvain Thirolle
The 1st Bald Man

Conor Lovett
The 2nd Bald Man

James Lailey
The 3rd Bald Man

Other Details

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Language: French,English,Italian

Summaries

Storyline

Seemingly content but introspective at the same time in his solitude, a man is dining alone at an isolated and otherwise empty marinaside café on the French coast when he sees five bald men in a rebuilt orange and blue Citroën Dyane dump what appears to be a dead body wrapped and tied up in a plastic sheath into the water. As they approach him with the possible intent of doing him harm for what he saw them do, he is able to abscond without they seeing where he went. In his subsequent getaway, the man drives off in his blue Fiat 500 with two of his seeming most cherished possession, his fedora hat and a framed black and white photograph of a woman. As he tries to evade the men in the Citroën who are closely following him at every turn as they both travel through the French countryside, he is a secret interloper in the unusual lives of some of the people he encounters, whereas he is more involved in the equally unusual lives of a number of other people he encounters over and over, such as a bearded man he first meets down by the river, a woman on a bicycle, and a male/female pair of road surveyors, all the while still being able to indulge in the culinary delights of France. As their collective journeys continue, the question becomes if all is as it appears on the surface, especially concerning the pursuit by the five bald men in the Citroën of the man in the Fiat. — Huggo The Man In The Hat (Hinds) sets off from Marseilles in a small Fiat 500. On the seat beside him is a framed photograph of an unknown woman. Behind him is a 2CV into which is squeezed Five Bald Men. Why are they chasing him? And how can he shake them off? As he travels North through France, he encounters razeteurs, women with stories to tell, bullfights, plenty of delicious food, a damp man, mechanics, nuns, a convention of Chrystallographers and much more, coming face to face with the vivid eccentricities of an old country.