As Long as You've Got Your Health

Feb 25, 1966

1h 8m

★ 6.1

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

CAPAC

Les Films de la Colombe

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Cast

Pierre

Pierre Étaix

Denise Péronne

Simone Fonder

Sabine Sun

Véra Valmont

Françoise Occipinti

Claude Massot

Dario Meschi

Emile Coryn

Roger Trapp

Alain Janey

Bernard Dimet

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