Pierrot le Fou, Breathless, The Man from Rio, The Professional for one. A samurai, a cheetah, a clan of Sicilians, a red circle, a full sun for another. Jean-Paul Belmondo and Alain Delon were undoubtedly two of the most popular figures in French cinema for many years and are still considered two of the greatest French actors of all time.
If they had already had the opportunity to share the bill before (Is Paris Burning?, Be Pretty and Shut Up, Celebrate Love), it was still an event when they both took the lead roles in Jacques Deray’s Borsalino in 1970.
In conjunction with tonight’s movie broadcast on W9, we present a quiz with a simple concept: Which of the two actors in these nine movie scenes? Before launching into this not-so-obvious quiz, a few Borsalino shooting secrets.
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A conflict of egos
The film became famous for the controversy between the two star actors. in the question? The presence of Delon’s name on the first poster, contrary to what was planned by the contract. The dispute goes to court and Belmondo is in favor.
Jacques de Alain Delon: nine films!
Jacques Deray portrayed Alain Delon nine times in films with an essentially detective tone: La Piscine (1969), Borsalino (1970), Doucement les Basses (1971), Borsalino & Co (1974, a sequel to Borsalino but without Belmondo), Cop Story. (1975), The Gang (1977), Three Men To Kill (1980), Crime (1993) and Teddy Bear (1994).
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