Review of Borsalino

At release time Jean Paul Belmondo wasn't so happy with the picture, due he wasn't accept by others producers as partner, second he realizes that his name at promotional advertisements were three centimeters shorter than the star and producer Alain Delon, it quite sure left him upset, when I did watch it for the first time in 1986 I had found it overdone, however overtime it became appetizing, the story takes place at Marseilles on the thirties, where two low class gangsters meet nearly randomly for a girl Lola (Catherine Rouvel), Roch Siffredi (Alain Delon) after leaves the jail looking for his lover and find her in companion of François Capella (Jean Paul Belmondo), they fight for the girl, there no winner, the clash ends up tied, afterwards they made a profitable partnership and growing faster to high circle of Marseille's underground, the duo lays down a high pattern lifestyle working for a Boss Poli thru the fancy lawyer Rinaldi (Michel Bouquet), everything seem going well, nevertheless for the greedy Roch it isn't enough, although Capella has a logical thinking in not takes the plunge, almost dragged by Roch then Capella goes along, they must face the two powerful gangsters Poli (André Bollet) and Morello (Arnoldo Foà) that split the city for themselves, while I've watching the picture I'd tried figure out why Borsalino means, searching today it's about the kind of hat that they used at its time, the producers displayed a well portrayed Marseilles on thirties, well-dressed gorgeous women, crowded by prostitutes on those narrow streets, where the fishing activities was the main attractive, a movie to be seen and revisited!!

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First watch: 1986 / How many: 4 / Source: TV-DVD / Rating: 8.25