Running from 13 October 2024 to February 2025 at Ciné Lumière, the season will showcase some of his most emblematic films.
A true icon of French cinema, whose influence has transcended borders and eras, Alain Delon has inspired the greatest directors.
Highlighting Delon’s extraordinary talent and enduring charisma, this select retrospective includes:
- Purple Noon by René Clément
- Rocco and His Brothers by Luchino Visconti
- The Leopard by Luchino Visconti
- L’Eclisse by Michelangelo Antonioni
- Le Samouraï by Jean-Pierre Melville
- The Unvanquished by Alain Cavalier
- The Sicilian Clan by Henri Verneuil
- La Piscine by Jacques Deray
- Mr Klein by Joseph Losey
- Les Félins by René Clément
- The Red Circle by Jean-Pierre Melville
The screening of Purple Noon on 24 October will be preceded by a talk, ‘Alain Delon: star, icon, homme fatal’, by Professor Ginette Vincendeau (King’s College London), author of Stars and Stardom in French Cinema (Continuum, 2000).
Venue
Ciné Lumière at the Institut français, 17 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2DT
Contact
Natacha Antolini
natacha.antolini@institut-francais.org.uk / 020 7871 3521