Jour de Fête

"The exquisite charm of this masterpiece has less to do with individual gags (funny though many of them are) than with Tati's portrait of a highly interactive French village after the war - a view of paradise suffused with affection and poetry."

"(The) simple premise provides an abundance of opportunities for Tati to engage in some spectacular jokes."

"The juxtaposition of this slapstick poetry with the precisely detailed pastoral idyll gives this unceasing delight an aching nostalgia to match its frantic energy."

"Jour De Fete sees Tati building out the world around François, finding humour in the leisurely pace of country living."