Borsalino
Borsalino is a 1970 French gangster film directed by Jacques Deray and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Alain Delon and Catherine Rouvel. It was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival. In 2009, Empire named it No. 19 in a poll of "The 20 Greatest Gangster Movies You've Never Seen… Probably". A sequel, Borsalino & Co., was released in 1974 with Alain Delon in the leading role. The film is based on real-life gangsters Paul Carbone and François Spirito, who collaborated with Nazi Germany during the occupation of France in World War II (though this is not mentioned in the film).
Plot
In 1930, in Marseille, a gangster named Siffredi is released from prison and searches for his former girlfriend, Lola. He finds her with Capella, another gangster. The two men fight over her but become friendly and form a partnership, fixing horseraces and prizefights.
Cast
- Alain Delon
- Albert Augier
- Arnoldo Foà
- Art Simmons
- Catherine Rouvel
- Christian de Tillière
- Claude Cerval
- Corinne Marchand
- Daniel Ivernel
- Dennis Berry
- Françoise Christophe
- Fransined
- Georges Guéret
- Hélène Rémy
- Henri Attal
- Iska Khan
- Jean Panisse
- Jean-Paul Belmondo
- Julien Guiomar
- Laura Adani
- Lionel Vitrant
- Mario David
- Marius Laurey
- Maurice Auzel
- Michel Bouquet
- Mireille Darc
- Nicole Calfan
- Philippe Castelli
- Pierre Koulak
- Roland Malet
- Yvan Chiffre
More details
| author | Claude Sautet Eugène Saccomano Jacques Deray Jean Cau Jean-Claude Carrière |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Marseille |
| director | Jacques Deray |
| editor | Paul Cayatte |
| genre | comedy crime |
| keywords | crime boss fish market kill meat market new boss organized crime |
| musicBy | Claude Bolling |
| producer | Alain Delon |
| productionCompany | Adel Productions Marianne Productions Mars Film Produzione |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |
| recordedAt | Marseille |
| theme | buddy comedy crime comedy gangster |