Bye Bye Monkey

Bye Bye Monkey
Italian film poster
Directed by	Marco Ferreri
Produced by	Maurice Bernart
Written by	Marco Ferreri Gérard Brach Rafael Azcona
Starring	Gérard Depardieu Marcello Mastroianni James Coco Gail Lawrence Geraldine Fitzgerald
Music by	Philippe Sarde
Cinematography	Luciano Tovoli
Edited by	Ruggero Mastroianni
Release dates	February 24, 1978 (Italy)
Running time	114 min.
Country	Italy France
Language	English

Bye Bye Monkey (Italian: Ciao maschiocode: it is deprecated , French: Rêve de singe) is a 1978 Italian-French film, directed by Marco Ferreri and starring Gérard Depardieu, Marcello Mastroianni, James Coco 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.

Cast

• Gérard Depardieu - Gerard Lafayette
• Marcello Mastroianni - Luigi Nocello
• James Coco - Andreas Flaxman
• Geraldine Fitzgerald - Mrs. Toland
• Abigail Clayton - Angelica (as Gail Lawrence)
• Stefania Casini - Feminist Actress
• Francesca De Sapio
• Mimsy Farmer - Feminist Actress
• Avon Long - Miko
• Nathalie Bernart
• Sandra Monteleoni
• Enrico Blasi
• Anselma Dell'Ollo
• Luciano Pallocchia
• Achille Antonaglia

Awards

The film was presented at the official competition of the 1978 Cannes Film Festival and received the Grand Prize of the Jury, in tie with Jerzy Skolimowski's The Shout.

External links

• Bye Bye Monkey at IMDb
• Bye Bye Monkey at AllMovie