Pierre Étaix

Helmut Doork is a washed-up German circus clown during the beginning of World War II and the Holocaust. Although he was once a famous performer who toured North America and Europe with the Ringling Brothers, Doork is now past his prime and receives little respect. After Doork causes an accident during a show, the head clown convinces the circus owner to demote Doork. Upon returning home, Doork confides his problems to his wife Ada, and she encourages him to stand up for himself. After going back to the circus, Helmut overhears the circus owner agreeing to fire him after the head clown issues an ultimatum. A distraught Helmut is arrested later by the Gestapo and the Schutzstaffel for drunkenly mocking Adolf Hitler in a bar. Following an interrogation at the Gestapo headquarters, he is imprisoned in a Nazi camp for political prisoners. For the next three to four years, he remains there while hoping for a trial and a chance to plead his case.

Desde los primeros días, Jerry Lewis, siguiendo la línea de Chaplin, Keaton y Laurel, hizo reír al público con sus gags visuales, de mímica y de comedia física. Sin embargo, Lewis era mucho más que un payaso. También fue un cineasta innovador cuya curiosidad insaciable lo llevó a escribir, producir y dirigir muchas de las películas en las que apareció, lo que resultó en clásicos tan adorados como “The Bellboy”, “The Ladies Man”, “The Errand Boy” y “The Nutty Professor”. Este documental narra la extraordinaria vida y el genial trabajo de Jerry Lewis, uno de los intérpretes y cineastas cómicos más icónicos e incomparables de nuestro tiempo.

A documentary directed by Eric Friedler about Jerry Lewis' never released movie "The Day The Clown Cried".

A deadpan, picaresque buddy comedy about two old friends through a series of urban adventures, loosely connected by the skull of an executed French aristocrat. Winter Song is a typically irreverent Iosselianian jaunt through a classy Paris apartment block contemplating the past, present and future.

Marcel Marx, famoso escritor bohemio, se ha exiliado voluntariamente y se ha establecido en la ciudad portuaria de Le Havre (Francia), donde vive satisfecho trabajando como limpiabotas, porque así se siente más cerca de la gente. Tras renunciar a sus ambiciones literarias, su vida se desarrolla sin sobresaltos entre el bar de la esquina, su trabajo y su mujer Arletty; pero, cuando se cruza en su camino un niño negro inmigrante, tendrá que luchar contra los fríos y ciegos mecanismos del Estado, armado únicamente con su optimismo y con la incondicional solidaridad de los vecinos del barrio, para evitar que su protegido caiga en manos de la policía.

A filmmaker finds creative freedom more elusive than he imagined in this ironic comedy-drama. Tired of the state-appointed producers and censorship in his homeland, Soviet Georgia, Niko decides to move to France, only to find that he has merely traded one type of interference for another.

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

Jean-Claude Carrière, un conocido escritor, guionista, crítico... intenta encontrar la fórmula para compartir armoniosamente la vida con sus dos hijas: Kiara, de seis años, e Iris, de 48. Al mismo tiempo, decide resumir su vida en un relato breve.

When he loses his position as a powerful government minister, Vincent is dropped by his pretty mistress and must begin life anew, without the privileges of power. As he gradually becomes acquainted with milieus which he d either forgotten or never known and a host of sometimes eccentric, often remarkable everyday people, Vincent really begins to start living again.

Two retirees obsessed with their desire to know everything put their knowledge into practice in a constantly awkward way.

Two-part documentary about French director Jacques Tati chronicles the evolution of the filmmaker's alter ego, Monsieur Hulot, through archival interviews, on-set footage, photos, and film clips.

An international homage to Méliès in 1988.

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

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

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

Jean is a successful painter who leaves his mistress, though he stops intermittently to phone her with explanations. Sometimes she is responsive but other times hangs up on him. Meanwhile, a 16-year-old male prostitute with whom Jean had a brief homosexual affair stalks the painter.

The wife of a British diplomat in Paris takes a chimpanzee as her lover.

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

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.

"In Serieux comme le plaisir, 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 money. One day they decide to take a trip in their beat-up car, managing the whole affair in their own special, insouciant manner. They are followed by a suspicious policeman who thinks there's something fishy about this group..."

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 fascinating investigative documentary about post–May ’68 French society.

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 fascinating investigative documentary about post–May ’68 French society.

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 fascinating investigative documentary about post–May ’68 French society.

Documental en el que el maestro Fellini rinde un homenaje al desprestigiado arte de los payasos. Dividida en varias partes, incluye entrevistas con antiguos payasos muy famosos que fueron olvidados, escenas de la infancia del propio director, explicaciones sobre su obsesión por el circo y un tributo final a los propios payasos. Realizada para la televisión italiana RAI, obtuvo excelentes críticas que aclamaron su ingenio, su mensaje y su emocionante final.

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 a new young and lovely secretary comes, he starts dreaming.

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 a new young and lovely secretary comes, he starts dreaming.

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 a new young and lovely secretary comes, he starts dreaming.

George Randal es un ladrón que entiende y justifica su actividad delictiva como una forma de rebelión contra la burguesía, clase social a la que detesta. El robo es una profesión que Randal lleva ejerciendo desde niño y gracias a la cual se ha enriquecido lo suficiente para acabar, paradójicamente, viviendo al más puro estilo burgués. (FILMAFFINITY)

Pierre es un joven serio y estable. Sin embargo se siente incómodo con la época que le ha tocado vivir y todo tipo de contratiempos le acechan. Una pequeña obra maestra satírica y burlesca. Concha de plata en el Festival de San Sebastián 1966.

Short film by Pierre Etaix, edited out from Tant qu'on a la santé

Short film by Pierre Etaix, edited out from Tant qu'on a la santé

Short film by Pierre Etaix, edited out from Tant qu'on a la santé

Pierre es un joven serio y estable. Sin embargo se siente incómodo con la época que le ha tocado vivir y todo tipo de contratiempos le acechan. Una pequeña obra maestra satírica y burlesca. Concha de plata en el Festival de San Sebastián 1966.

Pierre es un joven serio y estable. Sin embargo se siente incómodo con la época que le ha tocado vivir y todo tipo de contratiempos le acechan. Una pequeña obra maestra satírica y burlesca. Concha de plata en el Festival de San Sebastián 1966.

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 equestrienne and becomes a circus clown.

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 equestrienne and becomes a circus clown.

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 equestrienne and becomes a circus clown.

Cortometraje de terror/comedia sobre un hombre que no puede dormirse y se ve involucrado en una historia de vampiros con imaginería gótica.

Cortometraje de terror/comedia sobre un hombre que no puede dormirse y se ve involucrado en una historia de vampiros con imaginería gótica.

Cortometraje de terror/comedia sobre un hombre que no puede dormirse y se ve involucrado en una historia de vampiros con imaginería gótica.

Las aventuras amorosas de un hombre tímido. (FILMAFFINITY)

Las aventuras amorosas de un hombre tímido. (FILMAFFINITY)

Las aventuras amorosas de un hombre tímido. (FILMAFFINITY)

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

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 get the appropriate anniversary gifts and fight his way home through traffic in time for their celebratory lunch. It won an Oscar in 1963 for Best Short Subject.

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 get the appropriate anniversary gifts and fight his way home through traffic in time for their celebratory lunch. It won an Oscar in 1963 for Best Short Subject.

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 get the appropriate anniversary gifts and fight his way home through traffic in time for their celebratory lunch. It won an Oscar in 1963 for Best Short Subject.

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, penholder, desk, stamps, paper and inkwell all contrive diabolically to thwart him.

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, penholder, desk, stamps, paper and inkwell all contrive diabolically to thwart him.

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, penholder, desk, stamps, paper and inkwell all contrive diabolically to thwart him.

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 manages to get on the wrong side of his bullying colonel…

Michel es un carterista que no roba por necesidad como tampoco lo hace por vicio, no es cleptómano, roba para darse a sí mismo un valor, porque el robo es el medio de expresar sus sentimientos.

En un barrio moderno y anódino, donde todo está excesivamente organizado, viven monsieur Arpel, su esposa y su hijo Gérard, que se aburre soberanamente. La llegada de su tío, monsieur Hulot, un personaje soñador y lleno de fantasía, alterará ese mundo tan aséptico, sobre todo porque no tarda en convertirse en el mejor amigo de su sobrino.

En un barrio moderno y anódino, donde todo está excesivamente organizado, viven monsieur Arpel, su esposa y su hijo Gérard, que se aburre soberanamente. La llegada de su tío, monsieur Hulot, un personaje soñador y lleno de fantasía, alterará ese mundo tan aséptico, sobre todo porque no tarda en convertirse en el mejor amigo de su sobrino.