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Alain Delon
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Biography
Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon (8 November 1935 – 18 August 2024) was a French actor, film producer, screenwriter, singer, and businessman. Acknowledged as a cultural and cinematic leading man of the 20th century, Delon emerged as one of the foremost European actors of the late 1950s to the 1980s, and became an international sex symbol. He is regarded as one of the most well-known figures of the French cultural landscape. His style, looks, and roles, which made him an international icon, earned him enduring popularity. Delon achieved critical acclaim for his roles in films such as Women Are Weak (1959), Purple Noon (1960), Rocco and His Brothers (1960), L'Eclisse (1962), The Leopard (1963), Any Number Can Win (1963), The Black Tulip (1964), The Last Adventure (1967), Le Samouraï (1967), The Girl on a Motorcycle (1968), La Piscine (1969), Le Cercle Rouge (1970), Un flic (1972), and Monsieur Klein (1976). Over the course of his career, Delon worked with many directors, including Luchino Visconti, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Melville, Michelangelo Antonioni, Louis Malle, and Agnès Varda. Delon received many film and entertainment awards throughout his career. In 1985, he won the César Award for Best Actor for his performance in Notre histoire (1984). In 1991, he became a member of France's Legion of Honour. At the 45th Berlin International Film Festival, he won the Honorary Golden Bear. At the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, he received the Honorary Palme d'Or. In addition to his acting career, Delon also recorded the spoken part in the popular 1973 song "Paroles, paroles", a duet with Dalida as the main singing voice. He acquired Swiss citizenship in 1999. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alain Delon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Le Samouraï
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Le Cercle Rouge
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The Leopard
As Tancredi Falconeri
Rocco and His Brothers
As Rocco Parondi
Zorro
As Don Diego / El Zorro
Spirits of the Dead
As William Wilson and his double (segment "William Wilson")
Lost Command
As Captain Phillipe Esclavier
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
As Self
Chains
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Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
Neon Fog and the Long Way Home
From Thief's rain-slicked streets to Drive's neon avenues, a journey through neo-noir night drives where every turn tests the driver's moral compass.
8 films
The Heist Film Slips Its Own Cuffs
Seven robberies that treat the job as a pretext: for politics, for grief, for a formal joke. The loot matters less than what the filmmakers smuggle out alongsid...
7 films
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L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
2010 · Self
Zorro
1975 · Don Diego / El Zorro
Le Cercle Rouge
1970 · Corey
Spirits of the Dead
1968 · William Wilson and his double (segment "William Wilson")
Le Samouraï
1967 · Jef Costello
Lost Command
1966 · Captain Phillipe Esclavier
The Leopard
1963 · Tancredi Falconeri
Rocco and His Brothers
1960 · Rocco Parondi