Gérard Depardieu, Marcello Mastroianni, James Coco, Abigail Clayton, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Stefania Casini, Francesca De Sapio, Mimsy Farmer, Avon Long, Nathalie Bernart, Sandra Monteleoni, Enrico Blasi, Selma Dell'Olio, Luciano Pallocchia, Achille Antonaglia
In metahistorical New York city electrotechnician Lafayette deals with a megalomaniac director of a wax museum of ancient Rome, an italian lonely anarchist, a group of feminist actresses - including Angelica who falls in love with him - and a small adopted chimpanzee.
BYE BYE MONKEY (1978) - Sadly unable to find an American theatrical distributor when initially released, director Marco Ferreri's visual treatise on gender roles and human civilization - while often inscrutable - is kept afloat by sympathetic performances and startling visuals. Gerard Depardieu - who was perhaps the most daring actor working circa the late-'70s - is once again totally uninhibited ...