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Jul 20, 2021 · 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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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
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.
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Jour de fête. Directed by Jacques Tati • 1949 • France Starring Jacques Tati 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.
