Discovery and loss: Pierre Etaix 1928-2016
The French comic filmmaker Pierre Etaix, whose work spanned the decade of the ’60s only to vanish for 40 years before being rediscovered and restored in 2010, has died at the age of […]
Review: As Long As You've Got Your Health (1966)
Director: Pierre Étaix
Cast: Pierre Étaix, Denise Péronne, Simone Fonder, Sabine Sun, Véra Valmont,
Pierre Étaix
Denise Péronne
Simone Fonder
Sabine Sun
Véra Valmont
Plot: An anthology film consisting of four stories. (1) A man reads a Dracula novel while in bed, but cannot seem to tell the novel from reality, causing sleep troubles. (2) A man cannot escape the absurd ads he saw at the movie theater that day. (3) A polluted and construction ridden town keeps everybody on edge, sending one man to the doctor. (4) A hunter, a farmer and a couple on a picnic unknowingly cause continuous trouble one another.
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