Pierre Étaix Movies

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

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

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

"In Serieux comme le plaisir, two men and a woman live quite happily together in a romantic liaison. The woman is probably wealthy anyway, so the...

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

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

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

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

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

An international homage to Méliès in 1988.

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

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