Monkey Sandwich

Meet Jerry, an obsessive but frustrated director who decides to turn his back on the theatre in favour of a controversial new project. But things soon start to go wrong. As he struggles with the demands of his role as leader, he is plagued by surreal dreams conjured up by his guilty conscience. Monkey Sandwich is a portmanteau film with a captivating tangle of stories involving the search for an unborn child, a disturbing hunting trip, a haunted LP, a screaming piglet and a river gone rogue. The stories in Monkey Sandwich are urban myths or stories created with or by the actors. The film was originally part of a stage performance of the same name.

Keywords

  • Belgium

Actors

  • Maik Solbach
  • Andreas Grötzinger
  • Anja Herden
  • Jerry Killick
  • Birgit Walter
  • Guy Dermul
  • Sebastian Kreyer
  • Niklas Ek
  • Laura Sundermann
  • Simon Eckert
  • Ilknur Bahadir
  • Torsten Peter Schnick
  • Anja Laïs
  • Gina Mercelis
  • Melkorka Sigridur Magnusdottir
  • Wim Vandekeybus
  • Ralf Harster
  • Janie Gibson
  • Davis Freeman
  • Carly Wijs
  • Judith Williquet
  • Mauro Pawlowski
  • Bruce Geduldig

Director

  • Wim Vandekeybus

Drama


1h 29min


-10

EN


FR

Belgium
2011
Meet Jerry, an obsessive but frustrated director who decides to turn his back on the theatre in favour of a controversial new project. But things soon start to go wrong. As he struggles with the demands of his role as leader, he is plagued by surreal dreams conjured up by his guilty conscience. Monkey Sandwich is a portmanteau film with a captivating tangle of stories involving the search for an unborn child, a disturbing hunting trip, a haunted LP, a screaming piglet and a river gone rogue. The stories in Monkey Sandwich are urban myths or stories created with or by the actors. The film was originally part of a stage performance of the same name.

Meet Jerry, an obsessive but frustrated director who decides to turn his back on the theatre in favour of a controversial new project. But things soon start to go wrong. As he struggles with the demands of his role as leader, he is plagued by surreal dreams conjured up by his guilty conscience. Monkey Sandwich is a portmanteau film with a captivating tangle of stories involving the search for an unborn child, a disturbing hunting trip, a haunted LP, a screaming piglet and a river gone rogue. The stories in Monkey Sandwich are urban myths or stories created with or by the actors. The film was originally part of a stage performance of the same name.


Cast & Crew