Yo (Love is a Rebellious Bird)

She built a world to keep their story alive.

After Yo’s passing at 89, her 41-year-old friend, Anna, spends a decade obsessively building a detailed 1/3-scale version of Yo’s house with a miniature puppet of her inside. Anna re-constructs a magical space where Yo’s stories unfold, and their relationship continues. The film juxtaposes intimate vérité of Yo’s last year with Anna’s creative interpretations of her dramatic life stories. Born in Switzerland in 1924, Yo lived life on her own terms, defying expectations around sexuality, mothering, aging, and even death.