Bonobo is a 2014 British comedy-drama film written and directed by Matthew Hammett Knott and starring Tessa Peake-Jones, Josie Lawrence, and James Norton.

The film is about middle-aged widow Judith (Tessa Peake-Jones), and her attempts to convince her daughter Lily to leave an alternative commune and return to university.

[2] Middle-aged widow Judith is worried about her 23-year-old daughter Lily, who has joined what she thinks is a sect.

In fact, a group of youngsters overseen by middle-aged Anita have set up a commune based on the lifestyle of the Bonobo chimpanzee (Pan paniscus), in which all social conflicts are resolved by having sex.

Deciding that she'll ‘rescue’ Lily, Judith turns up at the commune, only to be told that she'll have to wait until she's in the right state of mind to talk to her daughter.