Yo Yo is a 1965

1965 in film

The year 1965 in film involved some significant events, with The Sound of Music topping the U.S. box office.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :Academy Awards:...

 film by Pierre Étaix

Pierre Étaix

Pierre Étaix is a French clown, comedian and filmmaker. Étaix made a series of acclaimed short- and feature-length films in the 1960s, many of them co-written by influential screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière. He has won an Academy Award. Due to a legal dispute with a distribution company, these...

. It was entered into the 1965 Cannes Film Festival

1965 Cannes Film Festival

-Jury:*André Maurois *Olivia de Havilland *Goffredo Lombardo *Max Aub *Michel Aubriant *Rex Harrison *François Reichenbach...

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Plot

Yo Yo is a 1920s billionaire who, although having everything he fancies and living in a cavernous old castle, is not happy because he is in love with a beautiful circus artist. The stock-exchange crashes and makes him poor, and free. He joins the circus where is love interest is performing. They have a son who becomes a clown. Later, the son becomes a successful actor star and uses his new wealth to buy back his father's castle.