The Suitor

The Suitor

Directed by	Pierre Étaix
Written by	Pierre Étaix Jean-Claude Carrière
Starring	Pierre Étaix
Cinematography	Pierre Levent
Edited by	Pierre Gillette
Music by	Jean Paillaud
Production companies	C.A.P.A.C. Copra Films
Distributed by	Cocinor
Release date	12 November 1962 (1962-11-12)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The Suitor (French: Le Soupirant) is a 1962 French comedy film directed by and starring Pierre Étaix. It was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festival and the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival.

The film is a slapstick farce that reworks the storyline of Buster Keaton's 1925 comedy Seven Chances, about a young man who is required to find a wife quickly.

Cast

Pierre Étaix as Pierre, the Suitor
Laurence Lignères as Laurence
Claude Massot as Father
Denise Péronne as Mother (as Denise Perrone)
Karin Vesely as Ilka
France Arnel as Stella
Lucien Frégis as The Painter

References

↑ "The Suitor". Film Affinity. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
↑ "3rd Moscow International Film Festival (1963)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2012.

External links

The Suitor at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Pierre Étaix
Heureux Anniversaire (1962) The Suitor (1963) Yo Yo (1965) As Long as You've Got Your Health (1966) The Great Love (1969) Land of Milk and Honey (1971)

v t e Jean-Claude Carrière
Films written	The Suitor (1962) Heureux Anniversaire (1962) Diary of a Chambermaid (1964) Yo Yo (1965) Viva Maria! (1965) The Diabolical Dr. Z (1966) Attack of the Robots (1966) As Long as You've Got Your Health (1966) Hotel Paradiso (1966) The Thief of Paris (1967) Belle de Jour (1967) Pour un amour lointain (1968) The Great Love (1969) The Milky Way (1969) La Piscine (1969) Borsalino (1970) The Wedding Ring (1970) Un peu de soleil dans l'eau froide (1971) Taking Off (1971) The Outside Man (1972) The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) Liza (1972) The Monk (1972) The Phantom of Liberty (1974) The Woman in Red Boots (1974) Serious as Pleasure (1975) La Chair de l'orchidée (1975) Weak Spot (1975) Scrambled Eggs (1976) Le Gang (1977) That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) Butterfly on the Shoulder (1978) Surprise Sock (1978) Jigsaw (1979) The Tin Drum (1979) Return to the Beloved (1979) The Associate (1979) Every Man for Himself (1980) The Return of Martin Guerre (1982) Passion (1982) The General of the Dead Army (1983) Danton (1983) Swann in Love (1984) Les Exploits d'un jeune Don Juan (1986) The Last Image (1986) Max mon amour (1986) The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) The Possessed (1988) The Bengali Night (1988) Valmont (1989) Hard to Be a God (1989) The Mahabharata (1989) May Fools (1990) Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991) The Return of Casanova (1992) The Night and the Moment (1995) The Horseman on the Roof (1995) The Ogre (1996) Chinese Box (1997) War in the Highlands (1998) Birth (2004) Goya's Ghosts (2006) Ulzhan (2007) The Artist and the Model (2012) The Patience Stone (2012) In the Shadow of Women (2015) Lover for a Day (2017) A Faithful Man (2018) At Eternity's Gate (2018) The Salt of Tears (2020) The Crusade (2021) Land of Dreams (2021) The Plough (2023)
Stage works	The Mahabharata (1985) Clara (1998) Wagner Dream (2007)
TV series written	The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1964)
Books written	The Power of Buddhism (1999)

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