Talking Monkey

Talking Monkey (1991) is a Soviet-Spanish comedy you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Georgi Ovcharenko with Armen Dzhigarkhanyan and Valery Zolotukhin.

Edik runs a surprisingly profitable hustle outside a Moscow church. He poses as a beggar alongside a giant Moscow Watchdog and a monkey called Noah, billed to passersby as a genuine talking primate. The Mercedes parked around the corner gives the game away — the animals are trained thieves, and business is good. Trouble arrives when people with harder interests in the animals start paying attention.

A cheerful oddity from a Soviet-Spanish co-production that gives the whole thing a slightly off-kilter feel — in the best sense. Stream Talking Monkey (1991) online on iFILM.