Guy Decomble, Jacques Tati, Maine Vallee
The clumsy postman of a sleepy French village tries to apply more efficient, modernized methods to his mail delivery after watching an American educational film, but the results become chaotic and com...( read more
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Siguiendo la línea de Chaplin, la pelíula tiene como protagonista a un cartero bufonesco (que más que recordarme a Chaplin me recordó a Capulina solo que mucho MUCHO mejor) del cual los demás se burlan pero él a su vez siempre trata de salirse con la suya con un cierto ingenio de...( read more)
Jacques Tati's first and my personal favorite of his. Charming and funny; no laugh-out-loud hysterics but it does make you laugh compared to his more famous films which only provoke smiles. This guy respected his viewers from beginning to end with moments of innocent sight gags a...( read more)
Jacques Tati plays Francois, the village postman, stung into an effort to bring the postal service into the 2oth century and speed up his delivery methods. A village fair proves the stimulus - it's nothing more exotic than a roundabout and a couple of stalls, but in one tent ther...( read more)
JTs first feature film. Funny, but not as funny as the HULOT series. Mailmen r always funny tho lol.
Movies about people delivering mail should be avoided like the Bubonic Plague.
great classic that will make you laugh and feel like you were young again because everyone loves to go to a party. i love absurd gags and i was pleased to see tons of them (the educational film particularly).
A brilliant film, extremely charming even with no coherent dialogue. A beautiful film to watch.
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