1966 | France | Fiction

Tant qu'on a la santé (As Long as You’ve Got Your Health)

  • French 68 mins
  • Director | Pierre Etaix
  • Writer | Pierre Etaix, Jean-Claude Carrière
  • Producer | Paul Claudon

STATUS: Released

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In this endlessly diverting compendium of four short films, Pierre Etaix regards the 1960s from his askew but astute perspective. Each part is as technically impressive as it is riotous: a man attempts to read a novel about vampires beside his sleeping wife but cannot seem to separate reality from fiction; a simple afternoon at the movies becomes a consumer-culture assault; a jarringly noisy urban landscape keeps a city’s population on edge; and a day in the country means something different to a picnicking city couple, a hunter, and a farmer.

Satire Whimsy Urbanity Absurdity Vignettes
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The Criterion Collection
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