Yo Ho Ho (Bulgarian: Йо-хо-хо) is a 1981 Bulgarian drama film directed by Zako Heskiya and written by Valeri Petrov. It was entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Special Prize.[1] The 2006 film The Fall by Tarsem Singh is based on Yo Ho Ho.[2]

Yo Ho Ho
Theatrical release poster
Directed byZako Heskiya
Written byValeri Petrov
Produced byNikola Vulchev
Starring
  • Kiril Variyski
  • Viktor Chouchkov
  • Iliya Penev
  • Anani Anev
  • Sonya Djulgerova
  • Kirill Kavadarkov
CinematographyStefan Trifonov
Distributed byBoyana Film
Release dates
  • July 1981 (1981-07) (Moscow)
  • 5 October 1981 (1981-10-05) (Bulgaria)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryBulgaria
LanguageBulgarian

Plot

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A 10-year-old boy with a broken arm befriends a young, paraplegic actor in the hospital. Together, the two make up a pirate story in which they play the main roles. The boy, Leonid, starts to visit the actor's room, which also houses a poor old man, every day. In the made-up story, he becomes the evil adversary of the pirates.

Little by little, everyone in the hospital gets their roles in the story. Leonid is fascinated. But in order for the story to continue, the boy has to steal bottles of medicine for the actor, who no longer has any joy in life and plans a suicide. It is only when the boy falls down and hits his head during one of those occurrences, that the actor realises that life has meaning as long as you have friends.

At the end of the, real and fictional, story, the two resist the villain in the room and hijack his sick bed with a cane.

Cast

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  • Kiril Variyski as the Actor / the Black Pirate
  • Viktor Chouchkov as Leonid
  • Iliya Penev as Unpleasant Old Man / the Governor
  • Anani Anev as Gogo / Sitting Bull
  • Sonya Djulgerova as Nurse Ceci / Cicilly
  • Kirill Kavadarkov as Van Lun
  • Georgi Bakhchevanov as Rosko
  • Trifon Dzhonev as Luigi
  • Boris Lukanov as the Professor
  • Rut Spasova as Leonid's mother
  • Vasil Stoychev as the Actor's colleague

References

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  1. ^ "12th Moscow International Film Festival (1981)". Moscow International Film Festival. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  2. ^ Harvey, Dennis (19 September 2006). "Toronto Reviews 2006: The Fall". Variety. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
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