Screening of the film "Plein Soleil" ("Purple
Noon") by René Clément, organised by the Monaco Audiovisual Archives.
Film restored by Studio Canal and the French Cinémathèque with the support of the Franco-American
Cultural Fund.
Tuesday 17 April, at 8.30 pm Grimaldi Forum MonacoTuesday 17 April, at 7 pm, Grimaldi Forum Monaco
THE STORY
An American billionaire, Greenleaf,
sends a man named Tom to Italy to bring back his son, Philip, who is living a
lavish, useless life, to America, with his mistress, Marge. If Tom
succeeds, he'll be given five thousand dollars. Philip despises Tom and constantly
humiliates him. Tom understands that he will never persuade Philip to
return. Anyway, Tom now has even bigger aims. He sets Philip and
Marge against each other, then, alone on board a yacht with the young idler,
kills him and throws him into the water. He fakes Philip's passport,
copies his signature and then empties his bank account.