''The Man in the Hat'' is a 2020 British independent

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, the directorial debut of composer

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. The film is a musically-rooted road trip comedy. The film was made by Open Palm Films and Rather Good Films Ltd and is represented by Kaleidoscope Film Distribution. The film was released in United Kingdom cinemas on 18 September 2020.

Ciarán Hinds Ciarán Hinds (; born 9 February 1953) is an Irish actor. Born in Belfast, Hinds is known for a range of screen and stage roles. He has starred in feature films including '' The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover'' (1989), ''Persuasion'' (19 ...

said in an interview with RTÉ "This won't take too much of your time. And you don't need to be blown out of your seats; you can just be a human being and watch this little journey and feel things. It has its own heartbeat, unlike anything else". ''

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'' called the film "a Francophile fantasy" and "a whimsical French car chase". The Upcoming gave the film 4 stars calling it "a perfect example of the kind of pleasant diversion one should seek during these trying times".

Cast

as The Thin Man *

Stephen Dillane Stephen John Dillane (; born 27 March 1957) is a British actor. He is best known for his roles as Leonard Woolf in the 2002 film '' The Hours'', Stannis Baratheon in ''Game of Thrones'', and Thomas Jefferson in the 2008 HBO miniseries ''John Ada ...

as The Damp Man *

Maïwenn Maïwenn Le Besco (; born 17 April 1976), known mononymously as Maïwenn, is a French actress and filmmaker. Early life Maïwenn Le Besco was born on 17 April 1976 in Les Lilas, Seine-Saint-Denis, the daughter of artist Catherine Belkhodja. S ...

as The Biker *

Brigitte Roüan Brigitte Roüan (born 28 September 1946) is a French director, screenwriter and actress.This article borrows largely from a profile of the artist in ''The New York Times''. Riding, Alan. "When the Tables Are Turned in Adultery's Secret Rooms", ' ...

as The Hotel Manager * Sasha Hails as The Woman *

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as The Chef *

Mark Padmore Mark Padmore (born 8 March 1961) is a British tenor appearing in concerts, recitals, and opera. He was born in London on 8 March 1961, and raised in Canterbury, Kent, England. Padmore studied clarinet and piano prior to his gaining a choral s ...

as The Singing Man

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* * 2020 films 2020 comedy films 2020 independent films 2020s comedy road movies 2020s French-language films British comedy road movies Films set in France 2020s English-language films 2020 multilingual films British multilingual films 2020s British films {{2020s-UK-film-stub