Bye Bye Monkey (1978)

Original title

Ciao maschio

Directed by

Marco Ferreri

Genre

drama film, comedy film, science fiction film, dystopian film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 54m

Rated

16

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 45 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man discovers a baby chimpanzee inside a giant King Kong prop in New York. He decides to raise the chimp as if it were his own son.

offbeatwhimsicalmelancholicslow-pacedabsurdistcontemplativequirkybittersweet

What happens

Bye Bye Monkey (Italian: Ciao maschio, French: Rêve de singe) is a 1978 Italian-French comedy-drama film, directed by Marco Ferreri and starring Gérard Depardieu, Marcello Mastroianni, James Coco, Gail Lawrence, and Geraldine Fitzgerald. It is about a man who finds a baby chimpanzee in a giant King Kong prop, and decides to raise it like a son. It was filmed in English and shot in Long Island, New York. As this was a French-Italian co-production, French and Italian dubbed versions were made for their respective countries' theatrical releases. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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