Holiday

Jour de fête, feature film, comedy, France, 1949

DIRECTED BY: Jacques Tati

Holiday

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'

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