Product Information
The story of a village's Bastille Day celebrations and a postman's determined efforts to get the mail through. A delightful look at the modern obsession with speed and efficiency. French dialogue with subtitles.Product Identifiers
EAN5055201828071
eBay Product ID (ePID)5048565394
Product Key Features
ActorJacques Tati, Guy Decomble, Paul Frankeur
Film/TV TitleJour De Fete
DirectorJacques Tati
LanguageFrench
Subtitle LanguageEnglish
Run Time88 Mins
Release Year2014
FormatDVD
FeaturesWith Subtitles
GenreGeneral, Comedy
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
CertificatePG
Country/Region of ManufactureFrance
Additional InformationIn Jacques Tati's charming -- and essentially plotless -- pre-Hulot first feature, Tati is Francois, a contented and happy postman in a small, unhurried French village. Francois is at ease with his job and leisurely performs his duties, peddling away on his rounds upon his beloved bicycle. Things perk up when a traveling carnival arrives in town. One of the attractions at the carnival is a film depicting the United States Postal Service's fast and efficient postal delivery system. The narrator in the film exhorts, 'Rapidite, rapidite'. Francois takes up the call, and attempts to Americanize his work style.
ReviewsTime Out - 'Tati makes cycling along a tranquil country lane as spellbinding as if it were taking place on a high wire.'
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitleJour De Fete
Consumer AdviceContains an image of a dead body