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24/02/1978 Comedy, Drama 1h 53m
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Overview

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.

  1. Marco Ferreri

    Director, Writer

  2. Gérard Brach

    Writer

  3. Rafael Azcona

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Gérard Depardieu

    Gérard Lafayette

  2. Marcello Mastroianni

    Luigi Nocello

  3. James Coco

    Andreas Flaxman

  4. Abigail Clayton

    Angelica

  5. Geraldine Fitzgerald

    Mrs. Toland

  6. Stefania Casini

    Feminist Actress

  7. Francesca De Sapio

  8. Mimsy Farmer

    Feminist Actress

  9. Avon Long

    Miko

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Reviews

A review by adorablepanic
Written by adorablepanic on 2020-04-02
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...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Italian

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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