Jour de Fete (1949) - (Movie Clip) The Americans Have You Beat

Name: Jour de Fete (1949) -- (Movie Clip) The Americans Have You Beat
Uploaded: 2019-03-08T00:00:00-05:00
Duration: 3 min 34 s
Description: Tipsy and annoyed if not despondent, rural French mail carrier Francois (first-time director, co-writer and star Jacques Tati) has just seen an American newsreel about the dazzling advances in mail delivery in America, resulting in some inspired bumbling, in Jour de Fete, 1949.

Tipsy and annoyed if not despondent, rural French mail carrier Francois (first-time director, co-writer and star Jacques Tati) has just seen an American newsreel about the dazzling advances in mail delivery in America, resulting in some inspired bumbling, in Jour de Fete, 1949.

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