The read
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 26m.
Synopsis
Jour de Fête tells the story of an inept and easily-distracted French mailman who frequently interrupts his duties to converse with the local inhabitants, as well as inspect the traveling fair that has come to his small community. Influenced by too much wine and a newsreel account of rapid transportation methods used by the United States postal system, he goes to hilarious lengths to speed the delivery of mail while aboard his bicycle.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
254 audience votes
Key crew
- Henri MarquetScreenplay
- René WheelerScreenplay
- Jacques TatiDirector
- Jean YatoveOriginal Music Composer
- Jacques TatiScreenplay
Cast
- Jacques TatiFrançois, the postman
- Guy DecombleRoger
- Paul FrankeurMarcel
- Santa RelliRoger's wife
- Maine ValléeJeannette
- Roger RafalHairdresser
- Jacques BeauvaisCafe owner
- DelcassanGossip
- Alexandre WirtzCast
- Robert BalpoCastellan (uncredited)
- Jacques CottinBrass Band Member in 'Bondu' Café (uncredited)
- Gisèle LamyYoung girl on the way to fairground (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
postmanreflectiveprovincial lifeburlesque humor