Dominic Abbott

The Monkey

Xosé Zapata, Lorenzo Degl'Innocenti

Colm Meaney, Àlex Brendemühl

In 1588, a castaway from the Spanish Armada, sent from Portugal by Philip II of Spain to conquer England, is captured on an Irish beach. There he is tried, declared guilty and hanged to death. All of this would be reasonable according to the laws of war and hatred among humans. The problem is the prisoner is a monkey.