Plein Soleil DVD 1960 Purple Noon - Ragyogó napfény / Directed by René Clément / Starring: Alain Delon, Marie Laforêt, Maurice Ronet, Erno Crisa

UPC 5996473011849  /  5999016370977

REGION 2 PAL DVD

MADE IN THE EU

AUDIO: French 5.1, HUNGARIAN 2.0

SUBTITLES: Hungarian

TOTAL RUNTIME: 113 MINUTES

English Summary:

Purple Noon (French: Plein soleil; Italian: Delitto in pieno sole; also known as Full Sun, Blazing Sun, Lust for Evil, and Talented Mr. Ripley)^[2] is a 1960 crime thriller 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); Billy Kearns (an expatriate American actor well-liked in France) plays Greenleaf's friend Freddy Miles, and Romy Schneider appears briefly in an uncredited role as Freddie Miles' companion. The film, principally in French, contains brief sequences in Italian.

The American Tom Ripley (Alain Delon) has been sent to Italy to persuade the wealthy Philippe Greenleaf (Maurice Ronet), to return to San Francisco 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 Ripley'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.

French Summary:

Un milliardaire américain confie à Tom Ripley la mission de convaincre son fils Philippe Greenleaf, qui passe de longues vacances en Italie avec sa maîtresse Marge, de rentrer en Californie. Tom entre dans l'intimité du couple et devient l'homme à tout faire de Philippe qui le fait participer à toutes ses aventures sans cesser de l'humilier. Tom profite de l'absence de Marge pour assassiner Philippe. Qui plus est, il s'identifie à ce dernier et parvient à duper la police et Marge.

Hungarian Summary:

Egy fiatal amerikai, Tom Ripley Olaszországban találkozik honfitársával, Dickie-val. Dickie magától értetődő gazdagsága Tomot annyira megbabonázza, hogy megöli, majd bankokban, luxusszállókban, sőt még szülőknek és barátoknak írt levelekben is átvállalja a meggyilkolt szerepét.

Cast / Distribution / Szereplők:

• Alain Delon as Tom Ripley
• Maurice Ronet as Philippe Greanleaf
• Marie Laforêt as Marge Duval
• Erno Crisa as Inspector Riccordi
• Billy Kearns as Freddy Miles
• Frank Latimore as O'Brien
• Elvire Popesco as Madame Popova
• Nicolas Petrov as Boris the dancer
• Ave Ninchi as Signora Gianna, landlady in Rome
• Lily Romanelli as Greenleaf's Housekeeper in Mongibello
• Nerio Bernardi as the Ship's Agency Director
• Viviane Chantel [fr] as The Belgian Lady
• Paul Muller as The Blind Man (uncredited)
• René Clément as a servant (uncredited cameo appearance)
• Romy Schneider as Freddy's companion (uncredited cameo appearance; Schneider was Delon's girlfriend at that time)