Bananas (1971)

Directed by

Woody Allen

Genre

screwball comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 22m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 832 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A bumbling New Yorker gets dumped by his activist girlfriend. He then travels to a tiny Latin American country and accidentally gets mixed up in a revolution.

sillyfast-pacedgoofylightheartedabsurdchaoticsatirical

What happens

Bananas is a 1971 American comedy film directed by Woody Allen and starring Allen, Louise Lasser, and Carlos Montalbán. Written by Allen and Mickey Rose, the film is about a bumbling New Yorker who, after being dumped by his activist girlfriend, travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest revolution. Parts of the plot are based on the book Don Quixote, U.S.A. by Richard P. Powell. Filmed on location in New York City and Puerto Rico, the film was released to positive reviews from critics and was number 78 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies" and number 69 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs in 2000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

• Plaza Suite (1971)
• The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker (1971)
• Libeled Lady (1936)
• Mistress America (2015)
• Behave Yourself! (1951)
• The Battle of Love's Return (1971)
• A New Leaf (1971)
• It's Love I'm After (1937)