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A Monkey in Winter (French: Un singe en hiver) is a 1962 French drama film directed by Henri Verneuil. It is based on the novel A Monkey in Winter by Antoine Blondin. Set in a Normandy seaside town, it recounts the meeting and parting of two men at odds with life, one an old hotel keeper who dreams of dashing deeds in pre-war China and the other a young advertising executive who imagines he is an incarnation of Hispanic masculinity.
Original Release
05/11/1962
US Release
01/31/1963
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Jean Gabin | Albert Quentin |
| Jean-Paul Belmondo | Gabriel Fouquet |
| Suzanne Flon | Suzanne Quentin |
| Gabrielle Dorziat | Victoria / Mme Victoria, la directrice |
| Hella Petri | Georgina / Georgina, la patronne du bar |
| Marcelle Arnold | Nurse / L'infirmière de la pension |
| Charles Bouillaud | Le chauffeur de taxi |
| Anne-Marie Coffinet | Simone / Simone, une serveuse |
| André Dalibert | Maurice, le brigadier |
| Hélène Dieudonné | Joséphine |
Directors
Writers
Henri Verneuil, Antoine Blondin, François Boyer, Michel Audiard
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Jean Gabin | Albert Quentin |
| Jean-Paul Belmondo | Gabriel Fouquet |
| Suzanne Flon | Suzanne Quentin |
| Gabrielle Dorziat | Victoria / Mme Victoria, la directrice |
| Hella Petri | Georgina / Georgina, la patronne du bar |
| Marcelle Arnold | Nurse / L'infirmière de la pension |
| Charles Bouillaud | Le chauffeur de taxi |
| Anne-Marie Coffinet | Simone / Simone, une serveuse |
| André Dalibert | Maurice, le brigadier |
| Hélène Dieudonné | Joséphine |
| Geneviève Fontanel | Marie-Jo / Marie-Jo, la serveuse de l'hôtel |
| Gabriel Gobin | Un habitué du café |
| Sylviane Margollé | Marie / Marie Fouquet, la fille de Gabriel |
| Lucien Raimbourg | Gardiner / le jardinier de la pension |
| Hans Verner | Le touriste allemand |
| Paul Frankeur | Esnault / M. Esnault, le patron du café |
| Noël Roquevert | Landru / M. Landru, patron du bazar |
| Edouard Francomme | Un habitué du café |
| René Hell | Un habitué du café |
| Billy Kearns | Un automobiliste |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Jacques Bar | Executive Producer |
| Jacques Bar | Producer |
