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Jour de fête (The Big Day) is a 1949 French comedy film starring Jacques Tati in his feature film directorial debut as an inept and easily distracted mailman in a backward French village. Shot largely in and around Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre , where Tati had lived during the Occupation , most of the actors were unknown and villagers served as ...
Jul 20, 2021 · Topics. Jacques Tati, comedy, The Complete Jacques Tati, English-subtitles. Language. French. In his enchanting debut feature Jour de fête (Celebration Day), Jacques Tati stars as a fussbudget of a postman who is thrown for a loop when a traveling fair comes to his village.
- 87 min
Jour de Fête: Directed by Jacques Tati. With Guy Decomble, Paul Frankeur, Santa Relli, Maine Vallée. A village postman with no sense of humour delivers his mail via bicycle on the day the travelling fair comes to town. He is disrupted by a short film about US speed and efficiency and the playful teasing of the village folk.
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- Comedy
- Jacques Tati
- 1949-05-11
Jour de fête. In his enchanting debut feature, Jacques Tati stars as a fussbudget of a postman who is thrown for a loop when a traveling fair comes to his village.
- François
Synopsis. Un petit village berrichon prépare sa fête annuelle. Les enfants regardent, enthousiastes, les forains monter leurs manèges sur la place. Au cinéma ambulant, François, le facteur, assiste à la projection d'un film sur la pratique ultra-moderne du métier de postier en Amérique.
- Jean Yatove
- Jacques TatiHenri MarquetRené Wheeler
- Jacques Tati
Support: Black and White. Runtime: 80 min. Aka: Jour De Fete ; The Big Day. An in-depth review of the film Jour de fete (1949), aka The Big Day, directed by Jacques Tati, featuring Guy Decomble, Paul Frankeur.
Overview. Jour de Fête tells the story of an inept and easily-distracted French mailman who frequently interrupts his duties to converse with the local inhabitants, as well as inspect the traveling fair that has come to his small community. Influenced by too much wine and a newsreel account of rapid transportation methods used by the United ...
