Jour de fête (1949)

Director:

Jacques Tati

Writers:

Jacques Tati (writer) and
Henri Marquet (writer) ...

Release Date:

4 May 1949 (France)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Once a year the fair comes for one day to the little town 'Sainte-Severe-sur-Indre'. All inhabiters are scoffing at Francois...

Plot Keywords:

Very Little Dialogue | Carnival | Village | Slapstick | Cult Favorite

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Guy Decomble	...	Roger
Jacques Tati	...	François, the postman
Paul Frankeur	...	Marcel
Santa Relli	...	Roger's wife
Maine Vallée	...	Jeannette
Delcassan	...	The tattler
Roger Rafal	...	The hair-dresser
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert Balpo

Also Known As:

Holiday
The Big Day

Runtime:

70 min | 79 min (restored version) | Finland:86 min (1960) | Argentina:80 min (Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema) | Germany:79 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Black and White (original release) | Color (Thomsoncolor) (alternate version, first released after restoration in 1995)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:G | Portugal:M/6 | Argentina:Atp | Finland:S | Germany:6 (nf) (w) | UK:U

Filming Locations:

Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre, Indre, France

Company:

Cady Films

Trivia:

Many of the gags in this movie were previously used nearly identically in École des facteurs, L' (1947).

Movie Connections:

Remake of École des facteurs, L' (1947)

Excellent movie!

I didn´t know Jacques Tati until very recently, when a friend of mine lent me the movie. I was surprised when I saw it. Jacques´s performance is nothing short of amazing, and it´s very well directed, too, because (I think) it was shot with one camera only (two, in fact, one in black and white and one in color). The American postman portrait in the movie is excellent, and the way François, the postman reacts to it is very humorous. Also, I must point out the hilarious scene in which François is drunk at night riding is bicycle. I strongly reccomend this movie.