Jour de Fête

Jules, a young Parisian postman, secretly records a concert performance given by the opera singer Cynthia Hawkins, whom he idolises. The following day, Jules runs into a woman who is being pursued by armed thugs. Before she is killed, the woman slips an audio cassette into his mail bag...

Runtime

1h 57m

Director

Jean-Jacques Beineix

Cast

Frédéric Andréi, Richard Bohringer, Roland Bertin

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 Stat...

Runtime

1h 26m

Director

Jacques Tati

Cast

Guy Decomble, Paul Frankeur, Santa Relli

Although living a comfortable life in Salon-de-Provence, a charming town in the South of France, Julie has been feeling depressed for a while. To please her, Philippe Abrams, a post office administrator, her husband, tries to obtain a transfer to a seaside town, on the French Riviera, at any cost. The trouble is that he is caught red-h...

Runtime

1h 46m

Director

Dany Boon, Nicolas Guy

Cast

Kad Merad, Zoé Félix, Lorenzo Ausilia-Foret

After growing up poor in Salmonella, Vincenzo Cortino installs himself as the preeminent, if bumbling, Mafia don of the New World. But now he must pass on power to one of his two sons: either level-headed veteran Anthony or vituperative loose cannon Joey.

Runtime

1h 24m

Director

Jim Abrahams

Cast

Jay Mohr, Billy Burke, Christina Applegate

In 2013, there are no highways, no I-ways, no dreams of a better tomorrow, only scattered survivors across what was once the United States. Into this apocalyptic wasteland comes an enigmatic drifter with a mule, a knack for Shakespeare, and something yet undiscovered: the power to inspire hope.

Runtime

2h 57m

Director

Kevin Costner

Cast

Will Patton, Larenz Tate, Olivia Williams