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Bonobo. Image shows from L to R: Judith (Tessa Peake-Jones), Lily (Eleanor Wyld). Copyright: Fable Films
Bonobo

Bonobo

  • 2014 film

Comedy drama about a strained mother-daughter relationship and a sex commune, starring Tessa Peake-Jones and Josie Lawrence. Stars James Norton, Tessa Peake-Jones, Eleanor Wyld, Josie Lawrence, Carolyn Pickles and more.

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Genre
Film
Released
2014
Stars
James Norton, Tessa Peake-Jones, Eleanor Wyld, Josie Lawrence, Carolyn Pickles, Patricia Potter, Orlando Seale, Harriet Kemsley and more
Writers
Joanna Benecke and Matthew Hammett Knott
Director
Matthew Hammett Knott
Producers
Farhana Bhula and Richard Holmes
Company

Judith, an uptight divorcee, is appalled when her daughter Lily quits law school to move into a commune of hippie-misfits who live according to the behavioural principles of the bonobo monkey, a species famous for its 'make love not war' philosophy.

Anita, the eccentric group leader, claims that she can resolve the conflict between mother & daughter if Judith will spend a day among the commune and submit to its principles. But with mother and daughter both hell-bent on proving each other wrong, Anita's methods must now be put to the test as never before.

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Additional details

Tagline
Follow your animal instinct
UK certificate
15
Duration
83 minutes
UK release
Friday 5th December 2014
Production
Studio
Picture
Colour

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