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Borsalino is a 1970 French and Italian film directed by Jacques Deray, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Alain Delon, alongside Françoise Christophe and Arnoldo Foà. Alain Delon also produced the film, which was written by Jean-Claude Carrière, Jean Cau, Jacques Deray, and Claude Sautet, with a score by Claude Bolling. Set in 1930 and filmed in Marseille, with a narrative location of Marseille, it was made by Marianne Productions, Adel Productions, and Mars Film, and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
A crime, buddy, and drama film, it ran 125 minutes, had a budget of 14,000,000, and earned a box office of 1,090,000. It was followed by Borsalino & Co.
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6.9In 1930s Marseilles two small-time crooks decide to join forces when they meet while brawling over a woman. Starting with fixed horse races and boxing matches, they soon find themselves doing jobs for the local gangster bosses. When they decide to go into the business for themselves, their easy-going approach to crime starts to change.
Cast
- Jean-Paul Belmondo as François Capella
- Alain Delon as Roch Siffredi
- Catherine Rouvel as Lola
- Françoise Christophe as Simone Escarguel
- Corinne Marchand as Mrs. Rinaldi
- Laura Adani as Mrs. Siffredi, Roch's Mother
Themes
- gangster
- marseille, france
- woman between two men
- bar brawl
- buddy film
- mob
- gangster comedy
- friends love same woman
- men fight over a woman
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Jacques Deray
- Screenplay by
- Jean-Claude Carrière , Jean Cau , Jacques Deray, Claude Sautet
- Based on
- The Bandits of Marseilles , 1959 novel, by Eugene Saccomano
- Produced by
- Alain Delon , Henri Michaud
- Starring
- Alain Delon , Jean-Paul Belmondo
- Cinematography
- Jean-Jacques Tarbès
- Edited by
- Paul Cayatte
- Music by
- Claude Bolling
- Production companies
- Adel Productions, Marianne Productions, Mars Film Produzione
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- Release date
- 20 May 1970 ( 1970-05-20 )
- Running time
- 125 minutes
- Countries
- France, Italy
- Languages
- French, Italian
- Budget
- FRF 14 million
- Box office
- $35.3 million , $1.1 million (US)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Original language
- French
- Followed by
- Borsalino & Co.
- Director
- Jacques Deray
- Composer
- Claude Bolling
- Producer
- Alain Delon
- Narrative location
- Marseille
- Filming location
- Marseille
- Duration
- 125
- FilmAffinity ID
- 640921
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1970-08-13
- title
- Borsalino
- distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- set in period
- 1930
- Commons category
- Borsalino (film)
- capital cost
- 14000000
- box office
- 1090000
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Encyclopedic overview
Borsalino is a 1970 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).
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