Jour de fête
| Jour de fête | |
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| Directed by | Jacques Tati |
| Written by | Henri Marquet René Wheeler Jacques Tati |
| Produced by | André Paulvé Fred Orain |
| Starring | Guy Decomble Jacques Tati Paul Frankeur |
| Cinematography | Jacques Mercanton Jacques Sauvageot |
| Distributed by | DisCina |
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Running time | 86 min (black-and-white version) 78 min (color version) |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Jour de fête (The Big Day) 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.