Dive into the sunny world of René Clément with the “Plein Soleil” poster. Discover the intense emotions of this masterpiece of French cinema through a captivating poster.
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Description of this Plein Soleil Poster
Plein Soleil is a 1960 crime drama 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 French-Italian international co-production is loosely based on the 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith. The film, primarily in French, contains brief sequences in Italian and English.
Billy Kearns (an American expatriate actor much loved in France) plays Freddy Miles, Greenleaf’s friend, and Romy Schneider appears briefly in an uncredited role as Freddie Miles’s companion.
The handsome young American Tom Ripley (Alain Delon) has been sent to Italy by the father of wealthy playboy 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 toward 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 for an outraged Marge to see. Realizing that Tom has stolen his bank statements, Philip tries to talk him out of it. After Marge shows up following an argument with Philip, he confronts Tom, who casually confesses his plan. Suddenly frightened, Philip offers Tom a substantial sum to leave him and Marge alone, but Tom refuses, saying he’s interested in much more. He stabs Philip, weighting his body with an anchor, wrapping him in canvas, and releasing him. When he returns to shore alone, Tom informs Marge that Philip has decided to stay put. He then returns to Rome, forges his photo on Philip’s passport, masters his signature, and successfully absorbs the man’s wealth, identity, and lifestyle. When Philip’s friend Freddie Miles (Billy Kearns) finds Philip’s hiding place, he encounters only Tom. He begins to suspect the truth, and Tom murders him in turn. Freddie’s body is soon found, and the Italian police become involved. Tom continues his charade, switching like a chameleon between his identity and that of Philippe, depending on the situation. 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 attempts, putting the Italian police on his trail and seemingly beating the odds. He seduces Marge and flirts with her at Philippe’s house on the island. Philippe’s father arrives to arrange the transfer of Philippe’s estate, but she and Tom swim 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 boatyard, Marge is horrified to see a body wrapped in canvas being dragged along the paths behind the yacht, the loose end of its lashings having become tangled around the sailboat’s propeller. Meanwhile, a police detective from Rome, who has been constantly hunting Tom, has closed in on him. Still unaware of the gruesome discovery, he uses the ruse of a phone call to lure Tom directly into his clutches.