Directed by:
Pierre ÉtaixCinematography:
Jean BoffetyComposer:
Jean PaillaudCast:
Pierre Étaix, Claudine Auger, Philippe Castelli, Martine de Breteuil, Roger Trapp, Amédée, Fernand Guiot, Gabrielle Doulcet, Claude Massot, Luc Delhumeau (more)VOD (1)
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This Tatiesque French comedy stars popular comedian/filmmaker Pierre Etaix as Yo Yo, a 1920s tycoon who, though surrounded by many fabulous things and though living in a grand old castle, is still unhappy for pining over his long-lost love, a beautiful circus performer. One day he sees her again. Soon afterward the stock-market crash destroys his financial state and, impoverished, he joins the circus. The two have a son who performs in the circus as a young clown. Later, their son becomes a famous movie star and uses his fortune to buy his father's former castle. By this time, though, his father has decided to remain with the circus, and soon the young man comes to a similar conclusion. The first part of the film is done as a silent picture, the second half with sound and occasional French dialogue. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Pierre Étaix
France
Best movies:
My Uncle (1958)
Yoyo (1965)
As Long As You're Healthy (1966)
Claudine Auger
France
Best movies:
Flic Story (1975)
Yoyo (1965)
Le Rouge et le noir (1997) (TV movie)
Philippe Castelli
France
Best movies:
Fantomas (1964)
Fantomas Strikes Back (1965)
Un amour de pluie (1974)
Martine de Breteuil
France
Best movies:
The Troops of St. Tropez (1964)
Yoyo (1965)
Agent 38-24-36 (1964)
Roger Trapp
France
Best movies:
Charade (1963)
Sundays and Cybele (1962)
To Die of Love (1971)
Amédée
France
Best movies:
Forbidden Games (1952)
Inspector Maigret (1958)
The Gates of Paris (1957)
Fernand Guiot
Belgium
Best movies:
The Wing and the Thigh (1976)
The Brain (1969)
Yoyo (1965)
Gabrielle Doulcet
France
Best movies:
Fantomas (1964)
The Things of Life (1970)
Yoyo (1965)
Claude Massot
France
Best movies:
Yoyo (1965)
As Long As You're Healthy (1966)
The Great Love (1969)
Luc Delhumeau
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1982)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) (series)
Yoyo (1965)
Pierre Moncorbier
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1958)
The Confession (1970)
Inspector Maigret (1958)
Nono Zammit
Best movies:
Order of the Daisy (1967)
Yoyo (1965)
The Down-in-the-Hole Gang (1974)
Annie Savarin
France
Best movies:
Yoyo (1965)
As Long As You're Healthy (1966)
Mademoiselle (1966)
François Lalande
Algeria
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Yoyo (1965)
Georges Loriot
France
Best movies:
Order of the Daisy (1967)
Yoyo (1965)
As Long As You're Healthy (1966)
Concha Romero
Best movies:
Yoyo (1965)
William Coryn
France
Best movies:
No Time for Breakfast (1976)
Fantastic Planet (1973)
Yoyo (1965)