Pierre Étaix Movies

A filmmaker finds creative freedom more elusive than he imagined in this ironic comedy-drama. Tired of the state-appointed producers and censorship...

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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

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