
Insomnia
1963-01-01 · 14 min · ★ 6.0
French pantomimist Pierre Étaix plays an insomniac who makes the mistake of trying to read himself to sleep with a book about vampires. Short film included in the anthology film As Long as You've Got Your Health (1966).
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- Pierre Étaix
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- France
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- Released
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