France | 1968 | col | 120 mins | dir. Jacques Deray, with Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, Maurice Ronet, Jane Birkin | cert. 15

While on holiday near St Tropez the couple Marianne and Jean-Paul enjoy lazing and making love around the pool. Things take a chillier turn when Marianne’s former lover appears with his teenage daughter. Delon suggested Schneider for the part of Marianne. The on-screen re-union of the former dream couple stirred many rumours and adds to the tension of this taught psychological drama, which also stars Delon’s Plein Soleil partner Maurice Ronet and a very young Jane Birkin. Lavishly photographed and here shown from a new print, it is pure indulgence.

mon 23 nov | 8.40pm

Tribute to Romy Schneider

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• Ludwig

• Le Train

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• L'important c'est d'aimer

• Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno