Plein soleil
1960. Southern Italy. René Clément directs Plein soleil. Actor Jacques Charrier (recently married to Brigitte Bardot) gives up the role of Tom Ripley and a still unknown actor prepares to make a spectacular entrance into the world of cinema.
Delon, 25, steals the show from Maurice Ronet, who was tipped for the lead role. There is nerve and flaws behind an incandescent beauty.
• Available on Canal VOD, AppleTV+, Prime Video and on Blu-Ray from Studiocanal
Un flic Two years after Le cercle rouge, the great Alain Delon reiterates his collaboration with Jean-Pierre Melville with Un flic. He plays Edouard Colemann, a Parisian inspector who shares a troubled relationship with a cabaret singer (Catherine Deneuve) and a drug dealer (Richard Crenna). If his character is on the side of the law, he nevertheless retains the mute and solitary side of Samurai (1967), hence the furtive allusion to Jef Costello on a faded wall during a search.
Made in 1972, this dark masterpiece seals the last collaboration between the actor and his mentor who disappears a year later. • Available on Canal VOD, AppleTV+, Prime Video and on Blu-Ray on Studiocanal
Mr. Klein France, 1942. Robert Klein (Alain Delon), a Frenchman of Alsatian origin, an art dealer, takes advantage of the German Occupation to enrich himself. To his great amazement, he discovers in a Jewish Information periodical that he is registered with the Police Prefecture. Klein sets out to find his namesake… Winner of the César for Best Film, Best Director and Best Sets in 1977, Mr. Klein by Josef Losey (Time Without Pity, The Servant) propels its protagonist into an absolutely disconcerting Kafkaesque imbroglio. • Available on Canal VOD, AppleTV+, Prime Video and on Blu-Ray Collector from Studiocanal
Shock Treatment
After a romantic disappointment, Hélène Masson (Annie Girardot), a 38-year-old single woman, decides to treat herself to a thalassotherapy treatment. There, she meets her friend Jérôme (Robert Hirsch) and meets a particularly wealthy clientele. One day, Jérôme disappears. Hélène soon wonders about the behind-the-scenes of the institute of the strange Doctor Duvilliers (Alain Delon).• Available on MyCanal, AppleTV+, Universciné Prime Video and on Blu-Ray from Studiocanal
Warning, the children are watching Côte d'Azur. While their parents are away, four kids cause their nanny to drown. A stranger (Alain Delon), who witnessed the macabre scene, decides to move into their sumptuous villa and impose his authority.
Made respectively in 1973 and 1978, Traitement de choc and Attention, les enfants regarde are little-known films by filmmakers who are too rarely mentioned, Alain Jessua (Armaguedon, Les chiens, Paradis pour tous) and Serge Leroy (La traque, Légitime violence with Claude Brasseur and Thierry Lhermitte). They reveal a disturbing and terrible Delon. The actor does not hesitate to take risks and ventures down the steep path of fantasy.• Available on DVD from Edito
