Alain Delon: a look back at the actor’s prolific career

Alain Delon, the celebrated actor who starred in a string of classics such as Plein Soleil, Le Samouraï and Rocco and His Brothers, has died aged 88. Identified with French cinema’s resurgence in the 1960s, Delon lent his beautifully chiselled features to parts that included cops, hitmen and romantic leads, working for some of the country’s greatest directors

French screen star Alain Delon dies aged 88
Mesmeric and beautiful, Alain Delon was one of cinema’s most mysterious stars