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Pierre Etaix, screenwriter, Jean-Claude Carrière ; director, Pierre Etaix, Disc 2

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Pierre Etaix

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screenwriter, Jean-Claude Carrière ; director, Pierre Etaix

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A collection of films from the French comedy master Pierre Etaix whose films went unseen for decades as a result of legal tangles. These films were influenced by Pierre Etaix's experience as a circus acrobat, clown, and the silent film comedies that he adored. (Yoyo) 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 everything 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. (As long as you've got your health) A collection four short films. Insomnie: a man can't sleep, and reads about vampires until sunrise, when his wife finally wakes up and reveals her true nature. Le Cinématographe: Employees leaving the work find sitting in a crowded cinema quite a task. Tant qu'on a la santé: in modern times, everyone suffers from stress, and the psychiatrist more than anyone. Nous n'irons plus aux bois: A week-end hunter, a couple out for a picnic, and a farmer setting a wire fence find that a large wood is not large enough to accommodate them all. (Feeling good) A camper struggling to prepare a cup of coffee in nature finds himself banished to a fenced-in campsite alarmingly akin to a concentration camp

Yoyo / Paul Claudon présente une production C.A.P.A.C. ; scénario et adaptation, Pierre Étaix, Jean-Claude Carrière ; un film de Pierre Étaix (99 min., 1965) -- Tant qu'on a la santé = As long as you've got your health / Paul Claudon présente un divertissement en quatre tableaux ; écrit par Pierre Étaix et Jean-Claude Carrière ; réalisé par Pierre Étaix (68 min., 1966) -- En pleine forme = Feeling good / écrit par Pierre Étaix et J-C Carriere ; film de Pierre Étaix (15 min., 1966)

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