Viewers who enjoyed THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY and BAGDAD CAFE will likely be delighted with Lol Creme's THE LUNATIC, an off-beat, droll saunter underneath the Jamaican Sun.
Improving upon the Lerner-Loewe song, Aloysius (Paul Campbell) doesn't just talk to the trees, he converses with all living creations--from cows to bushes. Picking up scraps of education by eavesdropping at the schoolhouse, this lunatic is a local eccentric, a fringe dweller who's barely
tolerated. That outcast status changes when an Amazonian tourist enters his picturesque paradise. Part Eve, part serpent, Inga (Julie T. Wallace) tramples all over Mother Nature, introduces Aloysius to non-stop ...
Released:
1992
Rated:
R
Length:
93 mins