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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jour de fête canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French comedy film
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film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy |
Henri Nemcik
NERFINISHED
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Jacques Mercanton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| depicts | contrast between traditional village life and modern efficiency ⓘ |
| director | Jacques Tati NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Discina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
André
NERFINISHED
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Roger NERFINISHED ⓘ The mayor ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | François trying to modernize mail delivery ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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satirical film ⓘ |
| hasDirectorStyle |
choreographed everyday movement
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minimal dialogue emphasis ⓘ observational comedy ⓘ |
| hasFilmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | later Jacques Tati films ⓘ |
| hasRestoredVersion | color version ⓘ |
| hasVisualStyle |
physical comedy
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slapstick ⓘ visual gags ⓘ |
| includedIn | classic French cinema canon ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | François the postman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Jean Yatove NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | French village ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early experimentation with color processes in French cinema
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use of sight gags ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf | Jacques Tati filmography ⓘ |
| portrays | American-style efficiency as comic ideal ⓘ |
| producer | Fred Orain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Cady Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | postman ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1949 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 70 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Henri Marquet
NERFINISHED
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Jacques Tati NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | post-World War II era ⓘ |
| theme |
bureaucracy
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modernity ⓘ postwar modernization ⓘ rural life ⓘ technological progress ⓘ |
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