Jour De Fete
Jul 18 - Jul 19, 2007
Jacques Tati, 1949, 35mm, 80 min
Tati's acclaimed first feature stars the director as Francois, a postman living in the rural French countryside. Francois's humiliating interactions with the villagers he serves inspires a disastrously comic quest to modernize his delivery methods. Based on an earlier short film by Tati, JOUR DE FETE was one of the first French films to be shot in color. However, the film was first released in black-and-white after technical problems forced Tati to abandon his color version. In the 1990s, a color version was discovered, restored and released.