Twenty-five year old Pierre is a man who likes to play the field, about which most of girlfriends are aware. Read More »
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Pays de cocagne / Land of Milk and Honey (1971) Pierre Étaix, Maurice Biraud, Michel Lewin
After the events of May 1968, the French went on vacations – and they were filmed during three months on the rural fairs Read More »
As Long As You’re Healthy / Tant qu’on a la santé (1966) Pierre Étaix, Denise Péronne, Simone Fonder
This anthology film from Etaix’s peak period presents four comic episodes Read More »
Le soupirant / The Suitor (1962) France Arnel, Pierre Étaix, Laurence Lignières
Pierre is a shy man whose sole focus in life is studying astrology in solitude Read More »
Yoyo (1965) Pierre Étaix, Claudine Auger, Philippe Dionnet, Comedy, Drama, Family
A man has everything: dozens of servants, a palace, vast woods, gardens, a lake, mechanical toys, private entertainment troupes of musicians and dancers. He has it all – but love. When alone, he sits at a desk, sighing, and looking at a photograph of a pretty girl. One day, the circus descended onto his palace, and amidst all the fun it brought, he recognized the Amazon on the white horse – the girl in the photograph. The girl is now the mother of a small boy, Yo-Yo, whom she considers that looks like the millionaire, even under a clown’s make-up. The boy will spend some time in the palace, in awe of so much riches, but he will leave (in a dream-like scene) on the tusks of the elephant. Time passes – and one day Yo-Yo will be the owner of his father’s palace in decay. Starting from scratch, he will rebuilt it, and be praised as a great clown, an artist, a film-maker, a millionaire.
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