Holiday
Jour de fête, feature film, comedy, France, 1949
DIRECTED BY: Jacques Tati
CAST:
Guy Decomble (Roger),
Jacques Tati (François),
Paul Frankeur (Marcel),
Santa Relli,
Maine Vallée (Jeannette)
SCRIPT:
Jacques Tati,
Henri Marquet,
René Wheeler
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Jacques Mercanton,
Jacques Sauvageot
MUSIC:
Jean Yatove
EDITING:
Marcel Morreau
Synopsis:
Once a year a fair takes place in a small French town. Local people become more playful than usually and tease the postman François. After they get him drunk, they take him to a tent to see a film about the efficiency of American postal service. François is thrilled with what he has seen and decides to become more effective and speed up the mail delivery. However, American postmen have helicopters and planes at their disposal, while François has just a bike.
b/w, 70'