01 Jan 1963
Insomnia
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).
B2
A short film made with unused footage from The Red Light Bandit and Carnaval na Lama.
Top Billed Cast
Helena Ignez 
Paulo Villaça (archive footage)
Lanny Gordin 
Gal Costa 
Jards Macalé
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