Paul Claudon


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Le Grand Amour (1969) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Tours Probably the only comedy that opens with an extended aerial shot and a wedding staged inside the historic Saint Gatiens Cathedral, at Tours, France, writer, director and star Pierre Etaix marrying his real-life wife Annie Fratellini, in Le Grand Amour, 1969.
Le Grand Amour (1969) -- (Movie Clip) It Easily Becomes A Habit Still in his opening narrative taking place during his wedding, writer, director and star Pierre Etaix switches brides, baffles a waiter trapped in the flashback, and becomes entwined with Florence (Etaix's actual wife, Annie Fratellini), early in Le Grand Amour, 1969.
Yoyo (1965) -- (Movie Clip) October 24, 1929 After opening segments silent with sound effects, nearly 30-minutes into the film, the first narration, as the Great Depression reduces the prospects of "Le Millionaire," the director, writer and star Pierre Etaix, in his highly-regarded first feature, Yoyo, 1965.
Le Grand Amour (1969) -- (Movie Clip) Ten Years Younger Writer, director and star Pierre Etaix as "Pierre," the bored husband having an affair with assistant Agnes (Nicole Calfan), with pal Jacques (Alain Janey) who has advice until his own wife appears in the cafe, in Le Grand Amour, 1969.
Le Grand Amour (1969) -- (Movie Clip) As A Good Christian Now establishing his ennui as a near middle-aged husband and executive, writer, director and star Pierre Etaix imagines how word gets about town in Tours, France, in Le Grand Amour, 1969.
Le Grand Amour (1969) -- (Movie Clip) This Is Agnes Now bored with his bourgeois circumstance, Pierre (writer, director and star Pierre Etaix) is plausibly entranced at the first appearance of his new assistant Agnes (Nicole Calfan), less so with his wife (Annie Fratellini, the real Mrs. Etaix), in Le Grand Amour, 1969.

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