''Gros-Câlin'' () is a 1979 French-Italian

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

written and directed by Jean-Pierre Rawson and starring

Jean Carmet Jean Carmet (; 25 April 1920 – 20 April 1994) was a French actor. Life and career Jean Carmet began working on stage and then in film in the early 1940s becoming a very popular comedic actor in his native country. He is best known internat ...

and

Nino Manfredi Saturnino "Nino" Manfredi (22 March 1921 – 4 June 2004) was an Italian actor, voice actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, comedian, singer, author, radio personality and television presenter. He was one of the most prominent Italian ac ...

. It is loosely based on the novel with the same name by

Romain Gary Romain Gary (; 2 December 1980), born Roman Kacew () and also known by the pen name Émile Ajar, was a French novelist, diplomat, film director, and World War II aviator. He is the only author to have won the Prix Goncourt twice (once under a ps ...

Plot

Cast

as Émile Cousin *

as Parisi * Marthe Villalonga as Madame Astrid * Veronique Mucret as Irene Dreyfus *

Jean-Pierre Coffe Jean-Pierre Coffe (; 24 March 1938 – 29 March 2016) was a French radio and television presenter, food critic, and author. Early life and education Jean-Pierre Coffe spent a major part of his childhood in the town where he was born, Lunévi ...

as Father Joseph *

Alvaro Vitali Alvaro Vitali (; born 3 February 1950) is an Italian actor. He was an electrician until he was discovered by Federico Fellini and played a small part in ''Satyricon'' (1969), which led to other roles, notably in the movie '' Amarcord'' (1973 ...

as Brancardier * Jacqueline Doyen as Madame Niatte * Jeanne Herviale as Irene's concierge *

Enrico Maria Salerno Enrico Maria Salerno (18 September 1926 – 28 February 1994) was an Italian actor, voice actor and film director. He was also the voice of Clint Eastwood in the Italian version of Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy films, and the voice of Chris ...

as The President * Francis Perrin as Taxi Driver * Katia Tchenko as The whore

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* French comedy films Italian comedy films 1979 comedy films 1979 films Films with screenplays by Age & Scarpelli 1970s French-language films 1970s French films 1970s Italian films Cinema International Corporation films {{1970s-Italy-film-stub