Bye Bye Monkey

6.1(44)19781h 53m

ComedyDrama

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.

Director

Marco Ferreri

Cast

Gérard Depardieu

Gérard Lafayette

Marcello Mastroianni

Luigi Nocello

James Coco

Andreas Flaxman

Abigail Clayton

Angelica

Geraldine Fitzgerald

Mrs. Toland

Stefania Casini

Feminist Actress

Francesca De Sapio

Mimsy Farmer

Feminist Actress

Avon Long

Miko

Nathalie Bernart

Sandra Monteleoni

Enrico Blasi

Reviews

1 review

adorablepanic

6y ago

7.0

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 ...