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 NERFINISHED
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
Roger NERFINISHED
The mayor
filmingLocation Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre, France NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
musicBy Jean Yatove NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
productionCompany Cady Films NERFINISHED
protagonistOccupation postman
publicationDate 1949
releaseYear 1949
runtime approximately 70 minutes
screenwriter Henri Marquet NERFINISHED
Jacques Tati NERFINISHED
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