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Actors: Alain Delon, Maurice Ronet, Marie Laforêt, Elvire Popesco, Billy Kearns
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Purple Noon |
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Based on a Patricia Highsmith novel, PURPLE NOON is a french movie directed by René Clément in 1960. Edgar Allan Poe Award in the "Best Foreign Film" category.
Maurice Ronet is a wealthy young American leading an idle life in Italy. His father has promised $5000 to Alain -Tom Ripley- Delon if he brings Ronet back home. Delon is from a lower class and is kind of jealous of Ronet's style of living even if both become good friends. He's also attracted by Marie Laforêt, Ronet's girl-friend. Fearing that Ronet won't return home, Delon kills him and imagines a complex scheme in order to take over Ronet's money, girl-friend and identity.
This story was remade as "The Talented Mr. Ripley" in 1999. In my opinion, Alain Delon's performance is way better than Matt Damon's as Tom Ripley.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Purple Noon |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- love triangle/polygon
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- con-artist/white collar crime
Blackmail & Seduction?
Yes
Lover is...
- of a different social class
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- not employed but independently wealthy
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Italy
Water?
Yes
Water:
- sail boat
- lifeboat
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- licking
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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