Yoyo

Yoyo

1965 | 1h 41m | Comedy, Drama | TV-PG

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Brief Synopsis

A millionaire still carries the torch for a circus performer he fell in love with years ago. When the stock market crash takes away his fortune, he joins her circus troupe, where their son is a child clown.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Pierre Étaix

CAST

Pierre Étaix

Claudine Auger

Philippe Dionnet

Luce Klein

PRODUCERS

Paul Claudon

WRITERS

Pierre Étaix

Jean-Claude Carrière

Host Intros

01:51
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Yoyo (1965)
Intro Aired: Jun 2017
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Yoyo, 1965.

Related Videos

04:15
Yoyo (1965) -- (Movie Clip) It's Her!
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From a circus hired for a house call by "Le Millionaire," (writer, director and star Pierre Etaix), the young title character (Philippe Dionet) wanders into the house, while the owner discovers the boy's mother (Claudine Auger), who looks like the girl he's dreamed of, in the early quasi-silent portion of Yoyo, 1965.
03:54
Yoyo (1965) -- (Movie Clip) 1925
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No dialogue or conventional sound, but exaggerated sound effects, and the distinctive style of the writer, director and star Pierre Etaix, opening his acclaimed first feature, Yoyo, 1965.
03:37
Yoyo (1965) -- (Movie Clip) October 24, 1929
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After opening segments silent with sound effects, nearly 30-minutes into the film, the first narration, as the Great Depression reduces the prospects of "Le Millionaire," the director, writer and star Pierre Etaix, in his highly-regarded first feature, Yoyo, 1965.

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