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Purple Noon

film by Clément [1960]

Also known as: “Plein soleil”

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role of Delon

In Alain Delon
title Purple Noon), based on Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley. Delon went on to even greater fame with roles in Luchino Visconti’s Roccco e i suoi fratelli (1960; Rocco and His Brothers) and Il gattopardo (1963; The Leopard) and Michelangelo Antonioni’s L’Eclisse (1962),…
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