El sueño del mono loco (1989)

Director:

Fernando Trueba

Writers:

Christopher Frank (writer)
Manolo Matji (writer)

Release Date:

3 August 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Dan Gillis, an American screenwriter living in Paris, recently abandoned by his wife, and getting used...

Plot Keywords:

Director | Screenwriter | Nudity | Literary Agent | Female Frontal Nudity

Awards:

6 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Jeff Goldblum	...	Dan Gillis
Miranda Richardson	...	Marilyn
Anémone	...	Marianne
Daniel Ceccaldi	...	Julien Legrand
Dexter Fletcher	...	Malcolm Greene
Liza Walker	...	Jenny Greene
Jerome Natali	...	Danny
Asunción Balaguer	...	Juana
Arielle Dombasle	...	Marion Derain
Micky Sébastian	...	Ariane
Laurent Moussard	...	Student #1
Raúl López Cabello	...	Student #2
Xavier Maly	...	Student #3
Yan Roussell	...	Taxi Driver
Daniel Grimm	...	Marianne's Friend

Also Known As:

El mono loco
Le rêve du singe fou (France)
The Mad Monkey
Twisted Obsession

Runtime:

Argentina:100 min | Spain:101 min | USA:103 min

Country:

Spain | France

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:14 | Australia:M | Argentina:16 | Chile:18 | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Madrid, Spain

Company:

French Productions

Movie Connections:

Featured in Segunda piel (1999)

Soundtrack:

THE MAD MONKEY

Intelligent, and fascinating

The plot: Writer, Dan Gillis, is hired to write a script for a money obsessed producer and a half-crazed director (and subsequently his sister) He soon realizes something is wrong, and that this film should not have been written. This leads to a confusing, and enigmatic journey trough the dark alleys of Paris. Greed, lust and insanity shows itself at very corner, and the movie becomes more about anything else than the movie itself. We never actually see the movie, and with good reason, instead we are left with an idea of a; half-pornographic, psychotic and depressing storyline. But, as many got wrong, it's not about the movies, the film is about people, their greed, lust and insanity, their madness and they way nothing is as it seems. Beware! It's one of those films where you can't trust anybody (except Jeff of course)

I can't see how nobody likes this. Obviously if you are looking for Die Hard or a commercial action thriller you ARE going to be let down. This is nothing of the sort. It's an: intelligent, fascinating, psychotic, confusing, disturbing and utmost bizarre story. Then again isn't life all those things?

The film is wonderfully executed, with fascinating shots and angels. If I would complain about anything it's the quality of film, and the fact that 90% of all scenes are faded out, which gives it an amateurish feel. But maybe that's what they wanted.

This is a different movie, an almost neorealistic movie, it's a masterpiece of writing, and the acting is superb.

I suggest you set of one evening to see this film. Preferably a dark a rainy night, cause this will scare the living daylight out of you.

One thing a commenter commented was: it constantly leads to something and then stops. Some may not like this, I thought it was incredible. It's slightly Wagnerian! (Lot's of huffs and puffs, lots of build up, and never any release, never any release of the climax, it just lingers in the air until it fades away.)

If you like realistic yet bizarre films, if you like a great story see this!