As Long as You've Got Your Health

– This anthology film from Étaix’s peak period presents four comic episodes with an accent on the p..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.20 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 5 Minutes
Release Year:
1966
Original Name:
Tant qu'on a la santé
As Long as You've Got Your Health (1966) - Also known as Tant qu'on a la santé

This anthology film from Étaix’s peak period presents four comic episodes with an accent on the pitfalls of modern life: (1) a scary vampire novel keeps a man awake, (2) a moviegoer’s attempts to find a seat give way to an onslaught of absurd ads, (3) noise and pollution send a man to the doctor’s, (4) a hunter disrupts a rural idyll. In French with English subtitles. (Martin Rubin, Gene Siskel Film Center)

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Release Date:

25 Feb 1966

Language:

French

MPAA Content-Rating:
NOT RATED

Director:

Pierre Étaix

Writer:

Pierre Étaix, Jean-Claude Carrière

Main Actors:

Pierre Étaix, Denise Péronne, Simone Fonder, Sabine Sun

Plot:

The director's cut (restored version) opens and closes with theatrical curtains in homage to Georges Méliés films, and is divided into four parts, separated by title cards: I - L'insomnie [a man can't sleep, and reads about vampires until sunrise, when his wife finally wakes up and reveals her true nature]; II - Le cinématographe [unlike 1895, employees leaving the factory, or the office, are a much eventful thing, and finding a sit in a crowded cinema is quite a task]; III - Tant qu'on a la santé [in modern times, everyone suffers of stress, and the psychiatrist most of all other people]; IV - Nous n'irons plus au bois [a week-end hunter, a couple out for a pic-nic, and a farmer setting a wire fence find that a large wood is not large enough to accommodate them all].

Awards:

1 win.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.2/10