Pierre Étaix Movies

Jean Lerat begins his military service at an army camp. Despite his aunt’s attempts to pull a few strings to his advantage, the unfortunate...

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.

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

Short film by Pierre Etaix, edited out from the anthology film As Long as You've Got Your Health (1966).

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

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

When he loses his position as a powerful government minister, Vincent is dropped by his pretty mistress and must begin life anew, without the...

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

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

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

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

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

An international homage to Méliès in 1988.