As Long as You've Got Your Health

As Long as You've Got Your Health

1966 · 68 min · FR · 6.2 (25 votes)
Dir. Pierre Étaix · Starring Pierre Étaix, Denise Péronne, Simone Fonder, Sabine Sun, Véra Valmont, Françoise Occipinti · Music René Giner
Comedy

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 sleep troubles. (2) A man cannot escape the absurd ads he saw at the movie theater that day. (3) A polluted and construction-ridden town keeps everybody on edge, sending one man to the doctor. (4) A hunter, a farmer and a couple on a picnic unknowingly cause continuous trouble for one another.

VIBE

This anthology offers a darkly comedic and unsettling journey through everyday anxieties. Its surreal vignettes blend reality and fantasy, leaving you with a quirky, thought-provoking unease that lingers long after the credits roll.

absurdistdarkly comedicunsettlingquirkysteadyanthologydark comedysurrealvintagereality vs fantasymodern anxietiessocial commentaryabsurdity
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