Yo Yo

This article is about the 1965 film. For the toy, see Yo-yo. For other uses, see Yo-yo (disambiguation).
Yo Yo
Directed by Pierre Étaix
Produced by Paul Claudon
Written by Jean-Claude Carrière
Pierre Étaix
Starring Pierre Étaix
Claudine Auger
Luce Klein
Philippe Dionnet
Music by Jean Paillaud
Cinematography Jean Boffety
Distributed by Magna
Release dates
 28 February 1967 (U.S.)
Running time
 92 min / 97 min (Restored)[1]
Language French

Yo Yo is a 1965 film by Pierre Étaix. It was entered into the 1965 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

Plot

Yo Yo is the son of a 1920s billionaire who, although having everything he fancies and living in a cavernous old castle, is not happy, fancying the simple life of a beautiful circus actress. When the stock-exchange crashes, rendering him both poor and free. Thus, he joins the circus where his love interest is performing, and fall madly in love. They have a son who starts in the circus as a clown, but later becomes a successful actor star and uses his new wealth to buy back his father's castle.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059934/technical
  2. ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Yo Yo". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-03-06.

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