Bye Bye Monkey (1978)

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Lafayette (Gerard Depardieu), a young-ish misfit Frenchman and Nocello (Marcello Mastroianni), an older misfit Italian, live in a run-down section of New York City and are friends. Lafayette works for Flaxman (James Coco), an excitable antiquarian who owns and runs something called the "Roman Museum," by means of which he upholds the standards of a former age. Lafayette also works for a women's lib group, which one day decides to "rape" him to see how the shoe fits on the other foot. Rather than being much bothered, Lafayette starts a liaison with the woman who actually had sex with him. In this rambling tale, these men are shown to have great difficulty enduring intense emotions, and the situations that arise force them to confront this difficulty repeatedly. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

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Theatrical Feature Running Time:

108 mins

Complete Cast:

Director(s):

Marco Ferreri

Writer(s):

Anselma Dell'Ollo, Rafael Azcona, Alice Colombo

Producer(s):

Yves Gasser, Giorgio Nocella, Yves Peyrot

Theatrical MPAA Rating:

R(Adult Humor, Violence, Not For Children, Strong Sexual Content)

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• 1978 - Cannes Film Festival - Special Jury Grand Prix