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Immerse yourself in the sunny world of René Clément with the “Plein Soleil” poster. Discover the intensity of emotions of this masterpiece of French cinema through a captivating poster.
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Description of this Full Sun Poster
Plein soleil is a 1960 crime film starring Alain Delon in his first major film, as well as Maurice Ronet (as Philippe Greenleaf) and Marie Laforêt (as Marge).
Directed by René Clément, this international Franco-Italian co-production is loosely inspired by the novel The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith, published in 1955. The film, mainly in French, contains brief sequences in Italian and English.
Billy Kearns (an American expatriate actor popular in France) plays Freddy Miles, Greenleaf's friend, and Romy Schneider appears briefly in an uncredited role, that of Freddie Miles' companion.
Handsome young American Tom Ripley (Alain Delon) has been sent to Italy by wealthy playboy father Philippe Greenleaf (Maurice Ronet) to persuade him to return to San Francisco and take over the family business. Philippe has no intention of doing so, and poor Tom finds himself sharing his escapades.
Tom becomes obsessed with Philippe and his fiancée, Marge (Marie Laforêt), and covets the other man's life of luxury. Philippe eventually tires of Ripley's favors and becomes cruel and violent towards him. The final straw for Tom comes during a yacht trip, when Philippe abandons him in the dinghy and accidentally leaves him adrift 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 affairs available to an outraged Marge. Realizing that Tom has stolen his bank statements, Philippe tries to dissuade him. After Marge shows up following an argument with Philippe, he confronts Tom, who casually confesses his plan. Suddenly frightened, Philippe offers Tom a substantial sum to leave him and Marge alone, but Tom refuses, saying he is interested in much more. He stabs Philippe, weighting his body with an anchor, wrapping him in a web and releasing him.
When he returns to the shore alone, Tom informs Marge that Philippe has decided to stay put. He then returns to Rome, forges his photo in Philip's passport, masters his signature, and successfully absorbs the man's wealth, identity, and way of life.
When Freddie Miles (Billy Kearns), a friend of Philippe, finds the latter's hiding place, he only meets Tom. He begins to suspect the truth and Tom murders him in turn. Freddie's body is soon found and the Italian police get involved. Tom continues his charade, switching like a chameleon from his identity to that of Philippe, depending on the situation. While trying to implicate Philippe in Freddie's murder, Tom forges a suicide note and a will, leaving Philippe's fortune to Marge.
Tom survives a long series of failed attacks, putting the Italian police on his trail and seeming to have defied all odds. He seduces Marge and flirts with her at Philippe's house on the island. Philippe's father arrives to sort out the transfer of Philippe's estate, but she and Tom go swimming at the beach. When Philippe's yacht is taken out of the water to be inspected by a buyer, Marge is called to attend. Tom stays behind to celebrate the success of his bet, ordering the best drink in the house at a nearby cafe.
At the shipyard, Marge is horrified to see a body wrapped in canvas being dragged along the paths behind the yacht, the free end of its lashing having wrapped around the sailboat's propeller. Meanwhile, a police inspector from Rome, who has been constantly tracking Tom, has approached him. Still unaware of the macabre discovery, he uses the ruse of a phone call for Tom to lure him directly into his clutches.
