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Bye Bye Monkey (1978)

24/02/1978 (FR)Comedy, Drama1h 53m
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In metahistorical New York city electrotechnician Lafayette deals with a megalomaniac director of a wax museum of ancient Rome, an italian lonely anarchist, a group of feminist actresses - including Angelica who falls in love with him - and a small adopted chimpanzee.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Gérard Depardieu

      Gérard Depardieu

      Gérard Lafayette

    2. Marcello Mastroianni

      Marcello Mastroianni

      Luigi Nocello

    3. James Coco

      James Coco

      Andreas Flaxman

    4. Abigail Clayton

      Abigail Clayton

      Angelica

    5. Geraldine Fitzgerald

      Geraldine Fitzgerald

      Mrs. Toland

    6. Stefania Casini

      Stefania Casini

      Feminist Actress

    7. Francesca De Sapio

      Francesca De Sapio

    8. Mimsy Farmer

      Mimsy Farmer

      Feminist Actress

    9. Avon Long

      Miko

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    A review by adorablepanic

    7.0
    Written by adorablepanic on Apr 2, 2020

    BYE BYE MONKEY (1978) - Sadly unable to find an American theatrical distributor when initially released, director Marco Ferreri's visual treatise on gender roles and human civilization - while often inscrutable - is kept afloat by sympathetic performances and startling visuals. Gerard Depardieu - who was perhaps the most daring actor working circa the late-'70s - is once again totally uninhibited as a man who finds a baby monkey in the shadow of the World Trade Center and decides to raise it as his own; Marcello Mastroianni has several touching moments as a sexually frustrated misfit who has b...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageItalian

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    Keywords

    • new york city
    • feminism
    • surrealism
    • monkey
    • chimpanzee