Death of Alain Delon: Channels change their schedules to pay tribute to this legend of French cinema – Actus Ciné

This Sunday, August 18, Alain Delon passed away at the age of 88. To pay tribute to the memory of this sacred monster of French cinema, France Télévisions has decided to shake up its programs.

France 2:

Sunday August 18 at 1:15 p.m.:

One day, one destiny: Alain Delon, the solitude of a wild animal

This documentary by Laurent Allen-Caron looks back at the rich career of the man who will remain in the collective memory as Rocco, The Leopard, The Samurai and Monsieur Klein.

Thanks to previously unseen images from his youth and the testimonies of his brother Jean-François, his daughter Anouchka, but also one of his first loves, the actress Brigitte Auber, this portrait reveals the hidden and enigmatic side of this cinema legend.

Sunday August 18, special tribute evening from 9:05 p.m.:

Le Samouraï (1967), a cult thriller by Jean-Pierre Melville with Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon

Jeff Costello, known as the Samurai, is a hitman. As he leaves the office where Martey's body, his latest target, lies, he meets the club's pianist, Valérie. Despite a good alibi, he is suspected of the murder by the commissioner in charge of the investigation. When she is questioned by him, the pianist pretends not to recognize him. Released, Jeff tries to understand the reason why the young woman acted in this way.

Followed at 10:55 p.m. by La Piscine (1969), a thriller by Jacques Deray with Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, Maurice Ronet

Jean-Paul and Marianne are an ideal couple and live happily in their villa in Saint-Tropez, until the day Harry arrives, on the arm of his daughter the arsonist Penelope. Former lover of Marianne, the man disturbs this peaceful life. The tension rises.

France 3:

Monday August 19 at 9:10 p.m.:

Plein Soleil (1960) by René Clément, the film which truly revealed the trio Alain Delon, Marie Laforêt, Maurice Ronet to the general public.

Tom Ripley is tasked by an American billionaire, Mr. Greenleaf, with bringing his son Philippe back to San Francisco, who is spending too long a vacation in Italy with his mistress Marge. Tom enters the couple's intimacy and becomes Philippe's handyman, who involves him in all his adventures without ceasing to despise him.

Followed at 11:05 p.m. by One Day, One Destiny: Alain Delon, the solitude of a wild animal.

France 5:

Friday August 23 at 9:00 p.m.:

Monsieur Klein (1976) by Joseph Losey, Alain Delon's great pride in the 1970s. With Jeanne Moreau and Michael Lonsdale.

During the German occupation of Paris, Robert Klein, an Alsatian who buys works of art at low prices, receives, forwarded in his name, the newspaper Les Informations juives which is only available by subscription. He soon discovers that a Jewish namesake is using his name, and decides to follow the trail that will lead him to this stranger.