Jour de Fête [G]

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 Sunday — December 13 — 7 PM — 80 minutes

First feature (screens with M. Hulot's Holiday)

1949

New 35mm print fully-restored from the original,
Thomson Color negative.

Director: Jacques Tati

Starring: Jacques Tati, Guy Decomble

JOUR DE FETE poster - select for larger image Jacques Tati as one of his great comic characters — François, the postman — a forerunner of M. Hulot. The carnival visits town and the village postman watches a film about the American postal service. Egged on by visitors and villagers, he decides to speed up his round.

Outstanding slapstick comedy with excellent scenic detail. Tati is wonderful.

Brilliantly–restored 35mm colour print that is faithful to the original.

French dialogue with English subtitles.

Rating: ****

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