Bingo Bongo

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name = Bingo Bongo


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director = Pasquale Festa Campanile
producer = Mario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori
writer = Franco Ferrini
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starring = Adriano Celentano and Carole Bouquet
music = Pinuccio Pierazzoli
cinematography = Alfio Contini
editing = Amedeo Salfa
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released = West Germany: February 11 1983
runtime = 102 min.
country = ITA, West Germany
language = Italian, German
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imdb_id = 0083655

"Bingo Bongo" is a 1983 Italian and West German family comedy film. It was directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile and written by Franco Ferrini, and it stars Adriano Celentano and Carole Bouquet.

Cast

*Adriano Celentano as Bingo Bongo
*Carole Bouquet as Laura
*Felice Andreasi
*Enzo Robutti
*Roberto Marelli
*Walter D'Amore
*Alfio Patane
*Elizabeth Cobben
*Maurizio Tabani
*Mario Barilla
*Guido Spadea
*Andrea Montuschi

Plot

The film opens with the story about how Bingo Bongo was stranded in the African jungle as a baby when his plane crashed (in a manner remniscient and in parody of Tarzan). He was thrown out by parachute at the last instant and subsequently adopted by chimpanzees.

Years later, as a grown man with animalistic behaviour (and still wearing his old pacifier and parachute harness), Bingo Bongo is captured by an expedition and brought to a anthropology institution in Florence for study. Bingo Bongo proves not to be extremely strong and highly intelligent and perceptive (with some uncomfortable results for the researchers), he also develops a crush on Laura, one of the researchers, and bonds with her pet chimpanzee Renato. Laura, on the other hand, tries her best to reintegrate Bingo Bongo into human society.

Finally, Bingo Bongo runs away and eventually hides at Laura's place, who continues her efforts. At first she makes only slow progress, but a surprise result is achieved when one evening the institute's director drops by: Bingo Bongo not only convincingly manages to pass himself off as a human (complete with fully developed articulation of the human language), he also throws the director off track by introducing himself as Laura's lover.

Because Laura continues to rebuff his romantic advances, however, Bingo decides to return to Africa, with Renato in company, but his efforts are all foiled. In time, it is revealed that the animals all around the world see him as their embassador to humanity who will vouch for a more humane treatment of the animals, thanks to his ability to speak the animal - and now also the human - tongues. He returns to the institute, where he delivers his message in a colloquium which Laura also attends. There she confesses (in ape language) that she does love him after all.

The film ends with Bingo Bongo taking up his work as animal embassador - most notably by calming down King Kong, who later attends his wedding.

External links

*imdb title|id=0083655|title=Bingo Bongo