The Way of the Baboons

The Way of the Baboons

1974 · 110 min · ★ 5.3 · Comedy

In full marital crisis, Fiorenza, young Roman bourgeois, must travel to Eritrea to her dying father, former colonizer who made his fortune there. On the death of it, rather than return to Italy, Fiorenza decides to spend some time there, and met the extravagant Getulio, determined to make him discover Africa.

Directed by Luigi Magni · Written by Luigi Magni

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