The annals of cinema are littered with films that once commanded adulation and influence, only to diminish in stature as cultural sensibilities evolve. Jacques Deray’s *Borsalino* (1970), a lavish French gangster epic, epitomises this trajectory. Hailed upon release as a European precursor to *The Godfather* (1972), the film fused star power, period opulence, and underworld bravado into a box-office triumph. Yet, vi…







