| Borsalino | |
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French film poster for Borsalino |
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| Directed by | Jacques Deray |
| Produced by | Alain Delon Henri Michaud |
| Written by | Jean-Claude Carrière Jean Cau Jacques Deray |
| Starring | Jean-Paul Belmondo |
| Music by | Claude Bolling |
| Cinematography | Jean-Jacques Tarbès |
| Editing by | Paul Cayatte |
| Release date(s) | 20 May 1970 |
| Running time | 125 minutes |
| Country | France Italy |
| Language | French Italian |
Borsalino is a 1970 gangster film directed by Jacques Deray and starring Alain Delon, Jean-Paul Belmondo and Catherine Rouvel. It was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival.[1]
In 2009 Empire Magazine named it #19 in a poll of the 20 Greatest Gangster Movies You've Never Seen* (*Probably)
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In 1930 Marseille two small-time crooks join forces when they meet brawling over a woman. Starting with fixed horse races and fights, they end up doing jobs for the local gangster bosses. When they decide to go into the business for themselves, their easy-going approach to crime starts to change. The first half of the film resembles more or less a comedy, while in the second one firearms are used. In the end Capella is killed and before his death pronounces the phrase: "La chance n'existe pas !" ("Luck does not exist!") The film's story continues in the 1974 sequel Borsalino & Co.
The movie's title comes from the name of the hat company that made the men's hats that appear in the film. The Borsalino Company made fedora style hats from the late 19th century to the 20th century: the golden age was in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, when sales went through the roof. Now the company is involved with making clothes and helmets for men.
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