A Monkey in Winter
- IMDb link: 0056636
- IMDb rating: 7.4 (3,763 votes)
- Genres: Comedy, Drama
- Director: Henri Verneuil
- Cast: Jean Gabin, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Suzanne Flon, Gabrielle Dorziat and others
- Release date: 31 Jan 1963
- Release year: 1962
- Runtime: 105 minutes
- Country: France
- Keywords: model ship, hug, male camaraderie, older male younger male relationship, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, alcohol abstinence, bastille day, all night adventure, inn owner
Plot:
French screen icons Jean Gabin and Jean-Paul Belmondo star opposite each other in this captivating, booze-soaked comedy based on a novel by Antoine Blondin. Years earlier, inn owner Albert (Gabin) made a promise that if he and his wife survived the war he would never drink again. But his spell of sobriety is tested when he meets Gabriel (Belmondo), a hard-drinking advertising executive who checks into his hotel and with whom he soon forms a bond. Under the influence of the charming younger man, Albert joins him on an epic, alcohol-fueled escapade.