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Jour De Fete

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Jour De Fete (1948)

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Reviews Counted:12

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Average Rating:8.1/10

Runtime: 87 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: A joyful, almost silent comedy set in the French countryside. Francois, a village postman, zips through his rounds on his bicycle -- the old-fashioned way. But when a traveling carnival comes to... A joyful, almost silent comedy set in the French countryside. Francois, a village postman, zips through his rounds on his bicycle -- the old-fashioned way. But when a traveling carnival comes to town, its proprietors show a film extolling the virtues of modern American mail delivery. Soon the townspeople start to wonder if Francois has fallen behind the times. But Francois is about to show everyone that he has a few tricks up his sleeve... and the villagers might just rue the day they ever started to complain! [More]

Starring: Jacques Tati, Guy Decomble, Paul Frankeur, Santa Relli

Starring: Jacques Tati, Guy Decomble, Paul Frankeur, Santa Relli

Director: Jacques Tati

Director: Jacques Tati

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The originality of its design makes Tati's cinema unfold as it were a series of Looney Tunes episodes envisioned by Robert Altman.

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Eric Kohn
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Delightfully filled with physical slapstick and sight gags.

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Tati's directorial debut is also one of his funniest. Like his other movies, it's best to keep your eyes wide open and look at tiny images in the corner of the screen. Tati isn't playing M. Hulot in this flick, but he'll still make alert viewers' sides ac

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