Once a year the fair comes for one day to the little town 'Sainte-Severe-sur-Indre'. All inhabitants are scoffing at Francois, the postman, what he seems not to recognize. The rising of the...
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Title: Jour de Fête (1949)
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Guy Decomble | ... | Roger |
| Paul Frankeur | ... | Marcel | |
| Santa Relli | ... | Germaine | |
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Maine Vallée | ... | Jeannette |
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Delcassan | ... | La commère |
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Roger Rafal | ... | Le coiffeur |
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Jacques Beauvais | ... | Le cafetier (as Beauvais) |
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Alexandre Wirtz | ||
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Once a year the fair comes for one day to the little town 'Sainte-Severe-sur-Indre'. All inhabitants are scoffing at Francois, the postman, what he seems not to recognize. The rising of the flagstaff under his direction nearly leads into a catastrophy - but everybody tells him, how important his work is. Sneering up Francois continues in the evening of the festive day. Made drunk, some 'friends' persuade him to watch a short-movie in a tent. This film is a stunt-show, covered as 'The modern delivery-techniques of the US-post. Francois takes it serious, not recognizing being teased. Next day, after getting sober in a goods wagon, he reorganizes his own delivery-methods. He has not the equipment, as his ideals in the short-movie have, but using only his bicycle, he makes good, funny progresses. Written by Christian Wenger <wenger@ls7.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
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bicycle | french | mail | postman | written and directed by cast member |Genres:
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Country:
FranceLanguage:
FrenchRelease Date:
11 May 1949 (France) See more »Also Known As:
Jour de Fête See more »Filming Locations:
Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre, Indre, FranceCompany Credits
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Technical Specs
Runtime:
| (Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema) | (1960) | (restored) | (original)Sound Mix:
MonoColor:
Black and White (original release)| Color (Thomsoncolor) (alternate version, first released after restoration in 1995)Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Marcel: Maybe he's got bad news for us.
François le facteur: No, it's just that everything's "Americans this, Americans that." I can't keep up.
Roger: Don't take it so seriously. The Americans are hotshots with planes, but they're useless on bikes.
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The movie was originally filmed in Thomson-color, a process that became extinct before prints of the film could be shown and was previously only available in a black and white version that was filmed as a precaution, in case the color process was not perfect. In 1995 the color copy was restored and published by Tati's daughter Sophie Tatischeff, and cinematographer François Ede. See more »Quotes
Roger: You don't look so great.Marcel: Maybe he's got bad news for us.
François le facteur: No, it's just that everything's "Americans this, Americans that." I can't keep up.
Roger: Don't take it so seriously. The Americans are hotshots with planes, but they're useless on bikes.
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Crazy Credits
Alexandre Wirtz has an actor credit in black and white version only. See more »Alternate Versions
In 1961 version, actress Delcassan doesn't appear on the opening credits, but the actor Alexandre Wirtz is added. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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«Jour de fête» is a very funny movie about François (played by Jacques Tati himself), the local postman who want to be as fast as the postmen in America. The camera work is excellent so is the cinematography. Very joyful movie too. The music score is great and it's a good way to show «l'ambiance de fête» that lives in the village.
I really enjoyed that movie. The only little drawback, and it's not really one, it's the regional french dialect used in this movie. I'm french-speaking and even I had some difficulty to understand some of Tati's lines.
8 out of 10.