A Monkey in Winter on television: Gabin and Belmondo together in an Henri Verneuil film

Jean Gabin and Jean-Paul Belmondo come face to face in A Monkey in Winter, returning to television on France 3 and France 2. Henri Verneuil directed this 1962 adaptation of Antoine Blondin’s novel, with dialogue by Michel Audiard.

In a resort on the Normandy coast, Albert Quentin runs a hotel with his wife, Suzanne. A former sailor, he gave up alcohol after promising to stop drinking if their hotel survived the bombing. Years later, the arrival of Gabriel Fouquet, a young man drowning his sorrows, puts that promise to the test.

Gabin plays the hotelier, Belmondo his visitor, and Suzanne Flon Albert’s wife. The Cinémathèque française describes the film as the actors’ only on-screen pairing. France 3 continues the evening with Un Français nommé Gabin, Yves Jeuland’s documentary.

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