A Monkey in Winter (1962)
"Un singe en hiver" (original title)

Director:

Henri Verneuil

Writers:

Michel Audiard (dialogue), Antoine Blondin (novel),

Stars:

Jean Gabin, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Suzanne Flon

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jean Gabin	...	Albert Quentin
Jean-Paul Belmondo	...	Gabriel Fouquet
Suzanne Flon	...	Suzanne Quentin
Gabrielle Dorziat	...	Victoria
Hella Petri	...	Georgina
Marcelle Arnold	...	L'infirmière de la pension / Nurse
Charles Bouillaud	...	Le chauffeur de taxi
Anne-Marie Coffinet	...	Simone
André Dalibert	...	Maurice, le brigadier
Hélène Dieudonné	...	Joséphine
Geneviève Fontanel	...	Marie-Jo (as Geneviève Fontanel de la Comédie Française)
Gabriel Gobin	...	Un habitué du café
Sylviane Margollé	...	Marie
Lucien Raimbourg	...	Gardiner
Hans Verner	...	Le touriste allemand

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

based on novel

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

31 January 1963 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Monkey in Winter

Filming Locations:

Deauville, Calvados, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cité Films, Compagnie Internationale de Productions Cinématographiques (CIPRA)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

15th grossing movie of the year in France.

User Reviews

A very very fine movie

I have read a recent interview with Belmondo, saying that the veteran Jean Gabin hate all that new wave french cinema when he was asked to do this movie with young Belmondo, who was, at that time, an actor who was working with the New Wave directors (Godard, Chabrol, Truffaut). But a solid friendship was born when the two men work together on that movie. In fact, the respect and this friendship seems to be very easy to see when we look at this charming movie. It's full of a sense of poetry. It's a movie about friendship, dreams, nostalgia, sadness between two men from different generations. It's also a movie about alcool, in a sense that the beatniks of that era refers to. It's also very well written. Gabin and Belmondo gives a very warm performance. You must see this wonderful movie.