The third movie in French film-maker Jacques Tati's series of comedies in which he stars as the accident-prone Monsieur Hulot, who creates chaos wherever he goes. Hulot and a group of American women tourists travel through Paris. While he struggles to keep an appointment, they search for the romantic Paris of old. Tati's satirical view of modern city life was played out entirely on a vast mobile set, known as `Tativille', just outside Paris.

French film-maker and actor Jacques Tati reprises his character Monsieur Hulot from his 1953 film 'Mr. Hulot's Holiday'. Hulot lives in a small backstreet dwelling which contrasts sharply with his sister and brother-in-law Madame and Monsieur Arpel (Adrienne Servantie and Jean-Pierre Zola)'s excessively modern, suburban lifestyle. When Monsieur Arpel becomes concerned about the influence Hulot is having on his young son Gérard (Alain Bécourt), he gives his brother-in-law a job at his factory.