is pregnant, she moves out. Alone again, he returns one day to find his baby ape eaten by rats. In total despair and needing human contact, he breaks into the waxwork museum but is met with hostility by the owner. The two fight and a fire, presumably caused by faulty wiring, consumes them both. Later, we see Angelica on the shore. She plays happily with her child. Cast Gérard Depardieu as Gerard Lafayette Marcello Mastroianni as Luigi Nocello James Coco as Andreas Flaxman Geraldine Fitzgerald as Mrs. Toland Abigail Clayton as Angelica (as Gail Lawrence) Stefania Casini as Feminist Actress Mimsy Farmer as Feminist Actress Avon Long as Miko Francesca De Sapio Enrico Blasi Reception and release On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 60% based on 5 critics, with an average rating of 6.20/10. Jesús Fernández Santos of El País said that "The film's true interest resides, above all, in the effective scenes of dark humor and in the general idea of the script, which is surely Marco Ferreri's most ambitious one to date". On 14 July 2009, the film was released on DVD by Koch Lorber Films, a division of Entertainment One. Awards The film was presented at the official competition of the 1978 Cannes Film Festival and received the Grand Prize of the Jury, in tie with Jerzy Skolimowski's The Shout. References External links 1978 films 1978 comedy-drama films 1970s monster movies French comedy-drama films Italian comedy-drama films Films about apes Films about mice and rats Films directed by Marco Ferreri Films about orphans Films set in museums Films set in New York City Films shot in New York (state) Films with screenplays by Gérard Brach Films scored by Philippe Sarde 1970s dystopian films English-language French films English-language Italian films Films with screenplays by Rafael Azcona Cannes Grand Prix winners 1970s English-language films 1970s Italian films 1970s French films