Plein Soleil
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| Directed by | René Clément |
| Produced by |
Raymond Hakim Robert Hakim |
| Written by |
Patricia Highsmith René Clément Paul Gégauff |
| Based on |
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith |
| Starring |
Alain Delon Maurice Ronet Marie Laforêt |
| Music by | Nino Rota |
| Cinematography | Henri Decaë |
| Distributed by |
Titanus Miramax (Re-released in United States) |
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115 minutes |
| Country | France Italy |
| Language | French |
| Box office | $618,090 2,437,874 admissions (France) |
Purple Noon (Original: Plein soleil) (Italian: Delitto in pieno sole), (aka Full Sun, Blazing Sun, Lust for Evil and Talented Mr. Ripley), is a 1960 film directed by René Clément, loosely based on the 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith. The film stars Alain Delon in his first major film, along with Maurice Ronet (as Philippe Greenleaf) and Marie Laforêt (as Marge); Romy Schneider appears briefly in an uncredited role as Freddie Miles' companion, and Billy Kearns (an expatriate American actor well liked in France) plays Greenleaf's friend Freddy Miles. The film, principally in French, contains brief sequences in Italian.
The film's source novel was adapted again in 1999, under the original title, directed by Anthony Minghella, starring Matt Damon (as Ripley), Jude Law (as Greenleaf) and Gwyneth Paltrow (as Marge).
The American Tom Ripley (Delon) has been sent to Italy to persuade his wealthy friend, Philippe Greenleaf (Maurice Ronet), to return to the United States and take over his father's business. Philippe intends to do no such thing and the impoverished Tom enjoys living a life of luxury, so the two men essentially spend money all day and carouse all night. Tom is fixated on Philippe and his girlfriend Marge (Marie Laforêt) and covets the other man's life. Philippe eventually grows bored with his friend's fawning and becomes cruel and abusive to him. The final straw is when, during a yachting trip, Philippe strands Tom in the dinghy and leaves him to lie in the sun for hours.
Back on board, Tom hatches a plan to kill Philippe and steal his identity. First, he leaves evidence of Philippe's philandering for an outraged Marge to find. After Marge goes ashore, Philippe confronts Tom, who admits his plan quite casually. Philippe, believing it to be a joke, plays along and asks Tom for the plan's details. Suddenly frightened, Philippe offers Tom a substantial sum to leave him and Marge alone but Tom states that he can obtain this sum anyway and far more. At last pretending to accept his offer, Tom stabs Philippe to death as the latter screams Marge's name. He casts the body overboard and returns to port.
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