---
title: 'Jour de Fête (1949)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jacques Tati'
released: '1949-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 76
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/jour-de-fete-1949'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040497/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Jour de Fête (1949)

1949 · 76 min · France

Original title: Jour de fête

## Synopsis

Jour de fête is a 1949 French comedy film starring Jacques Tati in his feature film directorial debut as an inept and easily distracted mailman in a backward French village. Shot largely in and around Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre, where Tati had lived during the Occupation, most of the actors were unknown and villagers served as extras.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Henri Marquet](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-marquet), [Jacques Tati](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-tati), [René Wheeler](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-wheeler)
- **Director:** [Jacques Tati](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-tati)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jacques Sauvageot](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-sauvageot)

## Cast

- [Paul Frankeur](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-frankeur)
- [Henri Marquet](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-marquet)
- [Guy Decomble](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-decomble)
- [Jacques Beauvais](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-beauvais)
- [André Pierdel](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-pierdel)
- [Robert Balpo](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-balpo)
- [Jacques Tati](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-tati)

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