A talking chimp, a jolly monk and a boxer on the run make an unlikely team in this French comedy for children. Brother Benoit, a French monk working with underprivileged youth in Mexico, one day finds a sick chimpanzee in need of water and medical attention. He brings the chimp back to his mission and nurses her back to health, naming her Mookie. A year later, Brother Benoit discovers Mookie can not only play basketball, but she can talk, the result of an exposure to radiation from a meteor crash. Primate experts from America are eager to get their hands on the little ape, but the Brother will allow no experiments to be performed on her. The Brother recruits Antoine, a boxer down on his luck, to help Mookie and the Brother flee to Mexico City, but when it turns out Antoine is wanted by the Mexican Mafia for not throwing a fight, all three must make tracks to insure their safety.
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Éric Cantona
Antoine Capella
Known for
AKA
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Jacques Villeret
Frère Benoît
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The Dinner Game
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Emiliano Suarez
Valdez
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Promise at Dawn
Carla Ortiz
Fanfan
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Harry Porter
Richardson
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Original Sin
Dance with the Devil
Valérie Bonneton
Soeur Rose
Known for
The Volcano
Little White Lies
Magda Brueggemann
Soeur Montoya
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When Things Happen
Michel Elias
Mookie (voice)
Known for
Oggy and the Cockroaches
Time Masters
Dominique Besnehard
Le patron du restaurant "Le Gai Paris"
Known for
The Count of Monte Cristo
Les Misérables
José Viller
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Hervé Palud Director · Simon Michaël Screenplay Jean-Marie Pallardy Screenplay
First release December 9, 1998 · Produced in France · Production Hop-La Productions, Renn Productions
Production
Katharina
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Hop-La Productions
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Renn Productions
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Canal+
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TF1 Films Production
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StudioCanal
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France
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Original language
French
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French
Release dates
France · December 9, 1998
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No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
June 15, 2000 · Theatrical
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