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Bye Bye Monkey

6.2/10
TMDB45 votes
1978Original: Italian113 min

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.

Genres: Comedy, Drama
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Marcello Mastroianni, James Coco, Abigail Clayton, Geraldine Fitzgerald

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About Bye Bye Monkey

Bye Bye Monkey (1978) is a film in the comedy, drama genres. Directed by Marco Ferreri. The cast includes Gérard Depardieu, Marcello Mastroianni, James Coco, Abigail Clayton.

Released
1978-02-24
Original language
Italian
Runtime
113 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
France, Italy
Production companies
Prospectacle, Action Films
Directors
Marco Ferreri
Writers
Marco Ferreri, Gérard Brach, Rafael Azcona

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6.2/10 from 45 TMDB votes. Ratings and reviews are supplied by TMDB. Reviews are attributed to their original authors.

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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…

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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 become disillusioned with America; while James Coco is properly imperious as a wax museum proprietor interested in preserving a certain type of masculinity. Multi-layered and heavily symbolic (and with enough nudity and sex to easily qualify for a 1978 X-rating), this one is for connoisseurs of the offbeat and those who miss the good old days of intellectual arthouse cinema.

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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.

Who stars in Bye Bye Monkey?

Gérard Depardieu, Marcello Mastroianni, James Coco, Abigail Clayton, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Stefania Casini. See the cast cards above for character names.

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