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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…
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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…More
