Pierre Étaix Movies

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

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...

The wife of a British diplomat in Paris takes a chimpanzee as her lover.

Since the early days, Jerry Lewis—in the line of Chaplin, Keaton and Laurel—had the masses laughing with his visual gags, pantomime...

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

An international homage to Méliès in 1988.

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...

Explores Jerry Lewis' unreleased 1972 film "The Day the Clown Cried," its mysterious disappearance, and the search for footage. Includes interviews...

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...

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

It's about a couple owning a small hotel who are trying to sell it.

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

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

A documentary about Jerry Lewis' never-released movie "The Day the Clown Cried".

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.

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