Jour de Fête
We were delighted to previously screen this film but we have no current plans to screen it again. If you'd like to watch it in the cinema, consider a private hire to watch it with friends. That does rely on the film being available for private purchase.
Film details
| Film Title | Jour de Fête |
|---|---|
| Suitability | |
| Genre | |
| Length | 70mins |
| Year | 1949 |
| Country | France |
| Director | Jacques Tati |
| Actors | Jacques Tati, Guy Decomble, Paul Frankeur |
| Language | French (with Engflish subtitles) |
| AKA | The Big Day - Part of our Jacques Tati season |
| Showings |
A village postman with no sense of humour delivers his mail via bicycle on the day the travelling fair comes to town. He is disrupted by a short film about US speed and efficiency and the playful teasing of the village folk.
The originality of its design makes Tati’s cinema unfold as it were a series of Looney Tunes episodes envisioned by Robert Altman.
★★★★
The gags run on the laughably unintended interconnectedness of mechanical things, but in Tati’s wistful vision, the chain reactions leave behind merely the memories of missed connections.
★★★★★
