In 1960, Alain Delon became a star. The film that drives it, is it fair to say, in the light? THE Thriller René Clément’s Plein Soleil, in which he plays Tom Ripley, is charged by an American billionaire to return to San Francisco his son Philippe, who is on a very long vacation in Italy with his beloved Marge. Tom enters into the couple’s intimate relationship and becomes Philip’s handyman, who forces him to participate in all his adventures and does not cease to despise him.
In Plein soleil, Alain Delon, who was competing for the role at the time, literally radiates from the screen. Its poisonous charm, under the bright Italian sun, lends itself to a dark story of lust and murder. It is impossible not to be fascinated by the magnetism of the actor…
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A troubled but charming character, elegant dandy, art lover in his spare time, ingenious forger and usurper, willingly bisexual, Tom Ripley was born in 1955 in the novel. Mr. Ripley By Patricia Highsmith. He will be the anti-hero of many literary adventures (Ripley is amused, In Ripley’s Footsteps, Ripple between two waters, Ripley and the Shadows).
Full Sun marks the character’s first film appearance. Tom Ripley notably returns in American Friend (Wim Wenders, 1977) as Dennis Hopper, and The Talented Mr. Ripley (Anthony Minghella, 1999), a remake of Full Sun, starring Matt Damon.
After Plein soleil, which ran more than 2.4 million screenings in French cinemas, Alain Delon’s career finally took off in the 1960s. From Luchino Visconti to Henri Verneil through Jean-Pierre Melville, the actor never stops filming with famous directors.
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