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Director:
Jacques Tati
Writers:
Jacques Tati (writer) and
Henri Marquet (writer) ...
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Contact:
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Release Date:
4 May 1949 (France) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
Once a year the fair comes for one day to the little town 'Sainte-Severe-sur-Indre'. All inhabiters are scoffing at Francois... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
Trafic
 (From The AV Club. 15 July 2008, 9:02 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
A masterpiece of quiet humour more

Cast

  (Credited 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
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Robert Balpo
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Holiday
The Big Day
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Runtime:
70 min | Argentina:80 min (Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema) | Germany:79 min | Finland:86 min (1960) | 79 min (restored version)
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 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Company:
Cady Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Many of the gags in this movie were previously used nearly identically in L'école des facteurs (1947). more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Holiday (2006) more

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11 out of 11 people found the following comment useful:-
A masterpiece of quiet humour, 27 May 2001
8/10
Author: John Waterworth from London, England

When I first saw this film I couldn't get it out of my head, and put it in my all time top ten. The magic has faded a little, but this remains a classic for its strange mixture of gentle slapstick, sight gags and verbal jokes, and its beautifully atmospheric portrait of French rural life.

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