Underplayed Gems

A Monkey's Tale (1999)

A Monkey's Tale poster
Original title
Le Château des singes
Directed by
Jean-François Laguionie
Genre
fantasy film
Country
France, Hungary
Runtime
1h 20m
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 51 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two rival tribes of monkeys live in a castle and on the ground. The story follows a young monkey who gets caught between their conflicts.

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What happens

A Monkey's Tale (French: Le Château des singes; literally "The Castle of Monkeys") is a feature-length animated film directed by Jean-François Laguionie. It was released in 1999, and won the Award for Best Animated Feature Film at the fifth Kecskemét Animation Film Festival. It was released theatrically in the UK by Miracle Communications in its original English-language version in 2000, featuring the voices of Rik Mayall, John Hurt, Michael York, Sally Anne Marsh, and Michael Gambon. It was initially going to be released straight-to-video in the US by Universal Pictures, but for unknown reasons, it never materialized. Instead in 2000, The Harvey Entertainment Company acquired funding rights to the film, with television distribution rights going to Pearson Television International. A sequel titled The Prince's Voyage was produced in 2019. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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