The Suitor

{{For|an episode of the animated series ''Adventure Time''|The Suitor (Adventure Time)}} {{short description|1962 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The Suitor | image = le-soupirant.jpg | caption = | director = Pierre Étaix | producer = | writer = Pierre Étaix<br>Jean-Claude Carrière | starring = Pierre Étaix | music = Jean Paillaud | cinematography = Pierre Levent | editing = Pierre Gillette | studio = C.A.P.A.C.<br>Copra Films | distributor = Cocinor | released = {{film date|1962|11|12|df=yes}} | runtime = 83 minutes | country = France | language = French | budget = }}

'''''The Suitor''''' ({{langx|fr|Le Soupirant}}) is a 1962 French comedy film directed by and starring Pierre Étaix. It was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festival<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film279094.html |title=The Suitor |work=Film Affinity |access-date=22 February 2021}}</ref> and the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival.<ref name="Moscow1963">{{cite web |url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1963 |title=3rd Moscow International Film Festival (1963) |access-date=26 November 2012 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116210707/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1963 |archive-date=16 January 2013}}</ref>

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

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0056514|title=The Suitor}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Suitor, The}} Category:1962 films Category:1962 comedy films Category:1962 French-language films Category:French comedy films Category:French black-and-white films Category:Louis Delluc Prize winners Category:Films directed by Pierre Étaix Category:Films with screenplays by Jean-Claude Carrière Category:1962 French films Category:1962 black-and-white films