MonkeyInWinter 1962

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.
Albert comes in contact with Gabriel, a young man prone to heavy bouts with the bottle.
Gabriel is conflicted over visiting his young daughter
in a nearby school and in a moment
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Quotes of UN SINGE EN HIVER

Michel Audiard: Dis-toi bien que si
quelque chose devait me manquer,
ce ne serait plus le vin, ce serait l'ivresse !

Albert is an inn owner who vowed never to drink
again if he and his wife survived the war.
They did, and the reformed alcoholic keeps his vow.
But times have changed