Pierre Étaix Movies

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

Two old friends have urban adventures connected to the skull of an executed French aristocrat.

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.

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

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...

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

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

An international homage to Méliès in 1988.

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

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

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

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

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

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