Directed by:
Nagisa ŌshimaCinematography:
Raoul CoutardComposer:
Michel PortalCast:
Charlotte Rampling, Anthony Higgins, Victoria Abril, Pierre Étaix, Fabrice Luchini, Diana Quick, Milena Vukotic, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Philippe Brigaud (more)VOD (1)
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The controversial Japanese director Nagisa Oshima sends a huge wink to his audience with this outrageous comedy about a wife (Charlotte Rampling) who has a most unusual lover...a chimpanzee. When the dignified British diplomat, Peter Jones (Anthony Higgins) discovers his wife's rather odd object of infidelity, he diplomatically suggests that Max, the chimp, move in and be the family pet. But it is not long before Peter finds his disbelief turns into intense jealousy and an obsession to find out if the two are actually having sex. Part hilarious and part surreal, this comedy of perverse manners is Oshima's way of making a statement about bourgeois morality. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Charlotte Rampling
UK
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Anthony Higgins
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Victoria Abril
Spain
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Pierre Étaix
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Fabrice Luchini
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Diana Quick
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Milena Vukotic
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Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
France
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Philippe Brigaud
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Nicole Calfan
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Bernard Haller
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Sabine Haudepin
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Anne Kreis
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David Gabison
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Laurent Spielvogel
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Nicholas Hawtrey
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