Plein Soleil

Purple Noon (French: Plein Soleil, aka Full Sun or Blazing Sun) is a 1960 film directed by René Clément, based on The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith, and starring Alain Delon in his first major movie. The film, principally in French, contains brief sequences in Italian. Tom Ripley (Delon) has been sent to Italy to persuade his wealthy friend, Philippe Greenleaf (Maurice Ronet), to return to the United States and take over his father's ... more

Purple Noon (French: Plein Soleil, aka Full Sun or Blazing Sun) is a 1960 film directed by René Clément, based on The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith, and starring Alain Delon in his first major movie. The film, principally in French, contains brief sequences in Italian. Tom Ripley (Delon) has been sent to Italy to persuade his wealthy friend, Philippe Greenleaf (Maurice Ronet), to return to the United States and take over his father's business. As Philippe intends to do no such thing and the impoverished Tom enjoys living La Dolce Vita (the sweet life), the two men essentially spend money all day and carouse all night, occasionally hanging out with Philippe's put-upon girlfriend Marge (Marie Laforêt). Tom is fixated on Philippe, wanting his life, girlfriend, and confident, cocky personality for himself. The spoiled, arrogant Philippe grows seriously disturbed by his friend's fawning and becomes cruel and abusive to him. The final straw is when, during a yachting trip,... less