DVD
Purple noon = Plein soleil
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
DVD special ed.
Languages
In French, with English subtitles.
Performers
Alain Delon, Marie Laforêt, Maurice Ronet.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2012]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (32 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.)
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
Tom Ripley is a duplicitous American charmer in Rome on a mission to bring his privileged acquaintance Philippe Greenleaf back to the United States. What initially seems a carefree tale of friendship soon morphs into a thrilling saga of seduction, identity theft, and murder.
Notes
Title from container.
Based on the book The talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1960.
Special features: video interview with Rene Clement scholar and author Denitza Bautcheva ; archival interviews with actor Alain Delon and novelist Patricia Highsmith ; original English-language trailer.