Jour de fête

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Jour de fête is a 1949 French comedy film by Jacques Tati, centered on a bumbling village postman whose attempts to modernize mail delivery lead to a series of visual gags and satirical observations about postwar modernity.

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instanceOf French comedy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
cinematographyBy Henri Nemcik ⓘ
Jacques Mercanton ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
criticalReception acclaimed ⓘ
depicts contrast between traditional village life and modern efficiency ⓘ
director Jacques Tati ⓘ
distributor Discina ⓘ
featuresCharacter André ⓘ
Roger ⓘ
The mayor ⓘ
filmingLocation Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre, France ⓘ
follows François trying to modernize mail delivery ⓘ
genre comedy film ⓘ
satirical film ⓘ
hasDirectorStyle choreographed everyday movement ⓘ
minimal dialogue emphasis ⓘ
observational comedy ⓘ
hasFilmFormat black-and-white ⓘ
hasInfluenced later Jacques Tati films ⓘ
hasRestoredVersion color version ⓘ
hasVisualStyle physical comedy ⓘ
slapstick ⓘ
visual gags ⓘ
includedIn classic French cinema canon ⓘ
mainCharacter François the postman ⓘ
musicBy Jean Yatove ⓘ
narrativeLocation French village ⓘ
notableFor early experimentation with color processes in French cinema ⓘ
use of sight gags ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
partOf Jacques Tati filmography ⓘ
portrays American-style efficiency as comic ideal ⓘ
producer Fred Orain ⓘ
productionCompany Cady Films ⓘ
protagonistOccupation postman ⓘ
publicationDate 1949 ⓘ
releaseYear 1949 ⓘ
runtime approximately 70 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Henri Marquet ⓘ
Jacques Tati ⓘ
settingPeriod post-World War II era ⓘ
theme bureaucracy ⓘ
modernity ⓘ
postwar modernization ⓘ
rural life ⓘ
technological progress ⓘ

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Jacques Tati → notableWork → Jour de fête ⓘ
Jacques Tatischeff → notableWork → Jour de fête ⓘ