A 75-minute fever dream where marriage becomes a zoo and everyone's an animal. Bonkers French cinema at its weirdest.
A comedy. The husband, the wife, the mistress and the housekeeper. A Fable. The ape, the lion and the little boy.
Acting
Jendly's simmering husband-ape hybrid is genuinely unhinged.
Direction
Piccoli's only directorial effort—lavish and deliberately suffocating.
Production
Single-location pressure cooker that feels like expensive theatre.
Director
Michel Piccoli
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was legendary actor Michel Piccoli's singular directorial statement—a theatrical fable made when he was 80, essentially his cinematic will and testament.
The 5.0 TMDB score comes from exactly 8 votes; fewer people have seen this than attended its Cannes premiere. It vanished for years because Piccoli's estate didn't care.
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