Pierre Étaix
Pierre Étaix was a French comedian and filmmaker. Étaix made a series of short- and feature-length films, many of them co-written by influential screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière. He won an Academy Award for best live-action short film in 1963.
| Known For | Directing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.7676 |
| Birthday | 1928-11-23 |
| Place of Birth | Roanne, Loire, France |
| Also Known As |
1959
Pickpocket
7.3/583
Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after his release, and despite the objections of his only...
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Pickpocket
1970
The Clowns
6.8/102
Fellini exposes his great attraction for the clowns and the world of the circus first recalling a childhood experience when the circus arrives nearby...
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The Clowns
1986
Max My Love
5.782/39
The wife of a British diplomat in Paris takes a chimpanzee as her lover.
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Max My Love
1962
The Suitor
6.5/27
Absent-minded yet cultured, Pierre answers his parents demands to wed by ignoring both astronomy and the housemaid, instead falling head-over-heels fo...
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The Suitor
2011
Chantrapas
4.3/7
A filmmaker finds creative freedom more elusive than he imagined in this ironic comedy-drama. Tired of the state-appointed producers and censorship in...
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Chantrapas
2011
Le Havre
7.007/492
In the French harbor city of Le Havre, an elderly shoeshiner with an ailing wife crosses paths with a young African refugee pursued by the police for...
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Le Havre
1965
Yoyo
7/56
The story follows the son of a millionaire from the 1920s to the 1960s. After losing his fortune in the stock-exchange crash, he teams up with an eque...
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Yoyo
1966
As Long as You've Got Your Health
6.22/25
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 sl...
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As Long as You've Got Your Health
2011
Carrière, 250 Meters
10/1
A portrait documentary tracing the inspiration, philosophy and imagination of the celebrated theatre and screen writer - and Bunuel's long term collab...
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Carrière, 250 Meters
1971
Land of Milk and Honey
6.409/11
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 fascinat...
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Land of Milk and Honey
1969
Le Grand Amour
6.5/29
Pierre married Florence, the only daughter of a small industrialist. 15 years later, he is the boss, but his middle-class life worries him a lot. When...
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Le Grand Amour
1983
La Métamorphose
10/1
A young man wakes up one day transformed into a giant insect.
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La Métamorphose
1962
A Swelled Head
8/2
A man inherits an old house in a very bad condition. With the help of a young mechanic, he begins to renovate this house.
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A Swelled Head
1963
Happy Anniversary
7.12/25
Heureux Anniversaire is a 1962 French short comedy film directed by Pierre Étaix. While his wife impatiently waits and gets drunk, a husband tries to...
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Happy Anniversary
1961
Rupture
6.275/20
A man receives a breakup letter from his sweetheart, who sends him back his photo, in pieces. The pained lover decides to reply. Fountain pen, penhold...
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Rupture
1987
Docile Night
4.2/5
Jean is a successful painter who leaves his mistress, though he stops intermittently to phone her with explanations. Sometimes she is responsive but o...
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Docile Night
1990
Bouvard et Pécuchet
5.375/4
Two retirees obsessed with their desire to know everything put their knowledge into practice in a constantly awkward way.
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Bouvard et Pécuchet
1987
L'Âge de Monsieur est avancé
6/4
Only on the stage of an empty theater, an author and his wife clash: the scene and the life end up getting confused.
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L'Âge de Monsieur est avancé
2006
Gardens in Autumn
6/12
When he loses his position as a powerful government minister, Vincent is dropped by his pretty mistress and must begin life anew, without the privileg...
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Gardens in Autumn
1958
Mon Oncle
7.427/632
Genial, bumbling Monsieur Hulot loves his top-floor apartment in a grimy corner of the city, and cannot fathom why his sister's family has moved to th...
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Mon Oncle
1966
Feeling Good
6.182/11
Short film by Pierre Etaix, edited out from the anthology film As Long as You've Got Your Health (1966).
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Feeling Good
2015
Winter Song
6.4/14
Two old friends have urban adventures connected to the skull of an executed French aristocrat.
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Winter Song
2009
Lucifer et moi
7/1
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Lucifer et moi
2016
The Clown
8/2
A documentary about Jerry Lewis' never-released movie "The Day the Clown Cried".
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The Clown
2011
Pierre Étaix, un destin animé
5.7/3
A documentary on the career of famed French clown and filmmaker Pierre Étaix.
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Pierre Étaix, un destin animé
1983
Doctor Lerne, Subgod
4.5/4
A mad scientist, Dr. Lerne, performs organ transplants not only between humans and animals, but also with plants and even machines ...
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Doctor Lerne, Subgod
1963
Insomnia
6/5
French pantomimist Pierre Étaix plays an insomniac who makes the mistake of trying to read himself to sleep with a book about vampires. Short film inc...
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Insomnia
2016
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown
6.895/19
Since the early days, Jerry Lewis—in the line of Chaplin, Keaton and Laurel—had the masses laughing with his visual gags, pantomime sketches and signa...
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Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown
1982
On n'est pas sorti de l'auberge
5.4/18
It's about a couple owning a small hotel who are trying to sell it.
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On n'est pas sorti de l'auberge
1960
The Army Game
5.4/10
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 Lerat mana...
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The Army Game
1975
Serious as Pleasure
3.944/9
Two men and a woman live quite happily together in a romantic liaison. The woman is probably wealthy anyway, so the trio doesn't worry much about mone...
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Serious as Pleasure
1962
Le Pèlerinage
8/2
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Le Pèlerinage
1967
The Thief of Paris
6.7/88
In turn-of-the-century Paris, Georges Randal is brought up by his wealthy uncle, who steals his inheritance. Georges hopes to marry his cousin Charlot...
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The Thief of Paris
2025
From Darkness to Light
6.667/3
Explores Jerry Lewis' unreleased 1972 film "The Day the Clown Cried," its mysterious disappearance, and the search for footage. Includes interviews wi...
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From Darkness to Light
1984
L'aide-mémoire
9/1
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L'aide-mémoire
The Day the Clown Cried
9/1
A circus clown is imprisoned by the Nazis and goes with Jewish children to their deaths. Lost movie.
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The Day the Clown Cried
1980
Lundi
0/0
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