Yo Yo
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Pierre Étaix
Claudine Auger
Luce Klein
Philippe Dionnet
| Yoyo | |
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| Directed by | Pierre Étaix |
| Written by | Jean-Claude Carrière Pierre Étaix |
| Produced by | Paul Claudon |
| Starring | Pierre Étaix Claudine Auger Luce Klein Philippe Dionnet |
| Cinematography | Jean Boffety |
| Edited by | Henri Lanoë |
| Music by | Jean Paillaud |
Production companies | CAPAC Madeleine Films |
| Distributed by | Carlotta Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Yoyo, also referred to as Yo Yo, is a 1965 French comedy film directed by and starring Pierre Étaix. The story follows the son of a millionaire from the 1920s to the 1960s. After losing his fortune in the stock-exchange crash, he teams up with an equestrienne and becomes a circus clown. The film was entered into the 1965 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
The father of Yoyo is a 1920s millionaire who, although having everything he fancies and living in a cavernous old chateau, is not happy, and still misses a beautiful circus performer whom he once loved. When the stock market crashes, rendering him both poor and free, he joins the circus with which his former love and their young son are working, and they renew their relationship. Their son Yoyo has begun in the circus as a clown, but later becomes a successful actor and uses his new wealth to buy back his father's chateau.
Cast
- Pierre Étaix as Yoyo / the millionaire
- Claudine Auger as Isolina
- Philippe Dionnet as Yoyo as a child
- Luce Klein as the equestrienne
- Siam as a clown
- Pipo as a clown
- Dario as a clown
- Mimile as a clown
- Martine de Breteuil as Madame de Briac
- Roger Trapp as Leroy
Release
The film was released in French cinemas on 19 February 1965.[2] It competed at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival, where it received the OCIC Award.[3] It was released in the United States on 28 February 1967 through Magna Pictures Distribution.[4]