Koko, the gorilla talking

Koko is a seven-year-old gorilla. Penny Patterson, a psychology student, was entrusted to Koko by the San Francisco Zoo. She has learned from her earliest age the language by gestures of the American deaf-muets. Koko knows 350 words. One of the oldest dreams of humanity is realized: an animal speaks with man... Film proposed on the occasion of the Month of documentary film 2026.

Directed by: Barbet Schroeder

Duration: 1h25

Year: 1978

Country : France

Format: Fiction

Public: All public