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.
Directed by Jacques Tati
postman
reflective
provincial life
burlesque humor
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Cast
Jacques Tati
François, the postman
Guy Decomble
Roger
Paul Frankeur
Marcel
Santa Relli
Roger's wife
Jacques Beauvais
Cafe owner
Crew
Jacques Tati
Director
Jacques Tati
Screenplay
Jean Yatove
Original Music Composer
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78 reviews
Max
I mean sure it’s pretty much just an extended version of school for postmen but it’s still awesome
I mean sure it’s pretty much just an extended version of school for postmen but it’s still awesome
SmashBrew
3.0★ · 02/25/26
Has anyone ever noticed that one of the side characters in this is hitlers doppelgänger
Has anyone ever noticed that one of the side characters in this is hitlers doppelgänger
Tony Hightower
7.0★ · 01/11/26
Maybe the least well-paced of Tati's features, and cribbing liberally from École des Facteurs, this still has plenty of charm, and adds in a solid dig at the American obsession with doing everything as fast as possible.
Some of the bits don't land exactly right, or run a bit long, but this is literally Tati at his worst, and even at that it's still pretty damned great.
Maybe the least well-paced of Tati's features, and cribbing liberally from École des Facteurs, this still has plenty of charm, and adds in a solid dig at the American obsession with doing everything as fast as possible.
Some of the bits don't land exactly right, or run a bit long, but this is literally Tati at his worst, and even at that it's still pretty damned great.
Brian Ekberg
10.0★ · 07/29/25
First Tati film I’ve ever seen and it had me smiling from start to finish. Charming throughout with a wonderful light heart and slapstick sensibility that never strays into Three Stooges territory. Tati is wonderful as the harried and foolhardy postman and the director also populated the town in which the visiting fair takes place with a cast of lively characters whose squabbles and lives simply jump off the screen. A wonderful film!
First Tati film I’ve ever seen and it had me smiling from start to finish. Charming throughout with a wonderful light heart and slapstick sensibility that never strays into Three Stooges territory. Tati is wonderful as the harried and foolhardy postman and the director also populated the town in which the visiting fair takes place with a cast of lively characters whose squabbles and lives simply jump off the screen. A wonderful film!
David lynch
5.5★ · 06/30/25
it's like an extension of his previous postman short but the slapstick failed to stick with me for this one
it's like an extension of his previous postman short but the slapstick failed to stick with me for this one
