Date/Time
Date(s) - 29/04/2017
5:30 pm - 7:15 pm
Location
Alliance Française de Trivandrum
Categories
Cinéclub
Jour de fête/The Big Day
29 April, 5.30pm @Alliance Française de Trivandrum
This Cinéclub is a dedication to the French New Wave movement of which Jacques Tati was one of the most celebrated. Jour de Fête is his directorial debut.
Jour de fête/The Big Day/Jacques Tati/ 1949/ 86 mins
Jour de Fête tells the story of an inept and easily distracted French mailman who frequently interrupts his duties to converse with the local inhabitants, as well as inspect the traveling fair that has come to his small community. Influenced by too much wine and a newsreel account of rapid transportation methods used by the United States postal system, he goes to hilarious lengths to speed the delivery of mail while aboard his bicycle..