The Man in the Hat

The Man in the Hat is a 2020 British comedy film starring Ciarán Hinds, which is the reason I watched the movie. If you don't know that actor, you're missing out. He is always worth watching and never disappoints. This film is a real treat. I watched it on Amazon Prime. It's also available free on Tubi and on the Roku channel and on YouTube. You can't beat "free".

trailer:

The Guardian calls it "a picturesque odyssey across the French countryside, the best Provençal driving holiday you’ve never had." Rotten Tomatoes has a critics consensus score of 100%. Roger Ebert's website says,

Whimsy is as delicate as a butterfly wing. But "The Man in the Hat" sustains a whimsical tone beautifully throughout its brief running time... Somewhere between a dream and a fable, this is the kind of film viewers could debate for hours, pondering the meaning of the characters who keep reappearing, the mysterious framed photo, the central character who has only two lines of dialogue...
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just go along for the ride and relish the lush French countryside, the luscious food, the lovely music...

Here's a screenshot from the opening scene:

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