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B. Monkey is a american film of genre Drama directed by Michael Radford released in USA on 7 november 1998 with Asia Argento
B. Monkey (1999)
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Add to a movie listB. Monkey is a British-American 1998 crime drama film directed by Michael Radford. Originally, Michael Caton-Jones was attached to direct the adaptation of the homonymous book by Andrew Davies, but left over creative differences.
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Alan (Jared Harris) is a schoolteacher in London who also moonlights as a jazz disc jockey for a hospital PA system. One night after work, he goes to a bar and sees Beatrice (Asia Argento), a beautiful woman who is arguing with two men. Alan is immediately captivated by Beatrice and begins to pursue her. What Alan doesn't know is that Beatrice is an infamous thief known to the police as "B. Monkey" (named for her ability to break into anything), and the men she was arguing with were Paul (Rupert Everett) and Bruno (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), a homosexual couple who are her partners in crime. When Alan becomes aware of Beatrice's secret, he tries to lead her into a safer and more honest way of life, even as she lures him into the thrilling existence he's been dreaming of.Actors
Asia Argento
(Beatrice)
Jared Harris
(Alan Furnace)
Rupert Everett
(Paul Neville)
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
(Bruno)
Julie T. Wallace
(Mrs. Sturge)
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