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Death of Alain Delon: an international star
If he was a monument in France, Alain Delon’s films have crossed borders. In China, Japan or Italy, the actor has left his mark all around the world, except in the United States.
(franceinfo)
If he was a monument in France, Alain Delon’s films have crossed borders. In China, Japan or Italy, the actor has left his mark all around the world, except in the United States.
A movie star in Europe, around the world, and even more so in Japan. In the 1980s, some of Alain Delon’s public outings turned into a real riot. Women swooned over the ideal man. The press praised the actor. A romance that began in the 1960s. All his films were released in Japan. “The Japanese identified with me, and if he had been lucky enough to be white, he would have wanted to look like Alain Delon.”the actor explained. This aura, businessman Alain Delon has made it bear fruit. In Asia, he sells alcohol, cigarettes, watches and even kimonos under his name.
At ease everywhere, even on a bicycle, in Tiananmen Square. In 1987, two years before the repression of student demonstrations, his arrival in Beijing did not go unnoticed: “Delon is a wonderful person, he is a great man”describes a Beijinger. At the invitation of the Chinese authorities, in search of an opening to the world, Alain Delon sings in front of 20,000 fans. “I am the first symbol of this opening. Tonight I am the symbol of this West, that’s how I felt it.”the actor said
