Pierre Étaix Movies

French pantomimist Pierre Étaix plays an insomniac who makes the mistake of trying to read himself to sleep with a book about vampires.

A documentary directed by Eric Friedler about Jerry Lewis' never released movie "The Day The Clown Cried".

Short film by Pierre Etaix, edited out from Tant qu'on a la santé

Two retirees obsessed with their desire to know everything put their knowledge into practice in a constantly awkward way.

Jean is a successful painter who leaves his mistress, though he stops intermittently to phone her with explanations. Sometimes she is responsive but...

A documentary on the career of famed French clown and filmmaker Pierre Étaix.

Only on the stage of an empty theater, an author and his wife clash: the scene and the life end up getting confused.

A mad scientist, Dr. Lerne, performs organ transplants not only between humans and animals, but also with plants and even machines ...

Pierre Etaix’s most radical film, and perhaps unsurprisingly the one that effectively ended his career in cinema, Land of Milk and Honey is a...

A portrait documentary tracing the inspiration, philosophy and imagination of the celebrated theatre and screen writer - and Bunuel's long term...

A man inherits an old house in a very bad condition. With the help of a young mechanic, he begins to renovate this house.

An international homage to Méliès in 1988.

A young man wakes up one day transformed into a giant insect.

A filmmaker finds creative freedom more elusive than he imagined in this ironic comedy-drama. Tired of the state-appointed producers and censorship...

Two-part documentary about French director Jacques Tati chronicles the evolution of the filmmaker's alter ego, Monsieur Hulot, through archival...