Alain Delon was an enigmatic anti-hero, and France’s most beautiful male movie star
- Written by Ben McCann, Associate Professor of French Studies, University of Adelaide
Alain Delon’s death at the age of 88 brings down the curtain of one of postwar European cinema’s most important film stars.
Known for his striking “movie star” look – chiselled features, piercing blue eyes – and magnetic screen presence, Delon portrayed characters who seemed on the surface to be effortless and...





