Directed by:
Jacques TatiScreenplay:
René WheelerCinematography:
Jacques MercantonComposer:
Jean YatoveCast:
Jacques Tati, Guy Decomble, Paul Frankeur, Santa Relli, Jacques Cottin, Jacques Beauvais, Robert Balpo, Roger RafalPlots(1)
Jacques Tati's award-winning feature debut - a dazzling blend of satire and slapstick - is early evidence of his unique talent. Acclaimed by international critics as an innovative comic masterpiece, Jour de fete is an hilarious expose of the modern obsession with speed and efficiency, set amidst the rural surroundings of a tiny French village. Tati plays an appealingly self-deluded buffoon - a postman who, impressed by the bristling efficiency of the American postal system, makes a wholly misguided attempt to introduce modern methods in the depths of rural France. (StudioCanal UK)
(more)Cast
Jacques Tati
France
Best movies:
My Uncle (1958)
Play Time (1967)
The Big Day (1949)
Guy Decomble
France
Best movies:
The 400 Blows (1959)
Maigret Sets a Trap (1958)
The Cousins (1959)
Paul Frankeur
France
Best movies:
Marie-October (1959)
Les Enfants du Paradis (1945)
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
Santa Relli
France
Best movies:
The Big Day (1949)
Jacques Cottin
Best movies:
Bed and Board (1970)
Max and the Junkmen (1971)
The Big Day (1949)
Jacques Beauvais
Best movies:
The Red and the Black (1954)
The Big Day (1949)
The Earrings of Madame de… (1953)
Robert Balpo
Best movies:
The Gates of Paris (1957)
Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case (1959)
Panic (1946)
Roger Rafal
France
Best movies:
The Big Day (1949)
Without Leaving an Address (1951)
Unusual Tales (1949)