---
title: 'Bye Bye Monkey (1978)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Marco Ferreri'
released: '1978-02-24'
runtime_minutes: 114
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/bye-bye-monkey-1978'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075848/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Bye Bye Monkey (1978)

1978 · 114 min · Drama, Comedy, Science Fiction · France, Italy

Original title: Ciao maschio

## Synopsis

Bye Bye Monkey 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Marco Ferreri](https://cinepixo.com/people/marco-ferreri)
- **Screenplay:** [Marco Ferreri](https://cinepixo.com/people/marco-ferreri), [Rafael Azcona](https://cinepixo.com/people/rafael-azcona), [Gérard Brach](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerard-brach)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Philippe Sarde](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-sarde)
- **Director of Photography:** [Luciano Tovoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/luciano-tovoli)
- **Editor:** [Ruggero Mastroianni](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruggero-mastroianni)

## Cast

- [Jack Betts](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-betts)
- [Mimsy Farmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/mimsy-farmer)
- [Geraldine Fitzgerald](https://cinepixo.com/people/geraldine-fitzgerald)
- [James Coco](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-coco)
- [Marcello Mastroianni](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcello-mastroianni)
- [Avon Long](https://cinepixo.com/people/avon-long)
- [Abigail Clayton](https://cinepixo.com/people/abigail-clayton)
- [Francesca De Sapio](https://cinepixo.com/people/francesca-de-sapio)
- [Gérard Depardieu](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerard-depardieu)
- [Stefania Casini](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefania-casini)

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