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According to France24, BBC and other media reports on the 18th, famous French actor Alain Delon passed away at the age of 88.

Alain Delon's family said in a statement that he died peacefully at home, surrounded by his three children and family, adding that the family wished to maintain his privacy.

In 2019, Alain Delon received the Palme d'Or for Lifetime Achievement at Cannes, with his daughter by his side. Visual China

Alain Delon was born on November 8, 1935 in Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He has appeared in more than 90 films in his life. He was one of the most popular French actors in the 1960s and 1970s and is regarded as a legend in French cinema. He has won the French Cesar Award for Best Actor, the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Berlin Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival, and has been hailed as the most handsome man in the film industry.

In 1957, Alain Delon played a small role in French director Yves Allegre's When Women Are Involved, and thus entered the film industry. In 1959, Alain Delon became famous through René Kleinman's The Dead and Luchino Visconti's Rocco and Brothers, becoming a French film star.

In 1963, Alain Delon starred in The Leopard directed by Italian director Visconti, which won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, further enhancing his fame. The following year, he starred in the thief film The Black Tulip, which was a big hit again and left a deep impression on Chinese audiences. In 1967, Alain Delon starred in Le Soleil, directed by French New Wave director Jean-Pierre Melville, which became another classic representative of his tough guy image.

In 1975, the western film "Zorro" starring 40-year-old Alain Delon was released. As one of the first foreign films introduced by the Shanghai Film Translation Studio, "Zorro" was well received by Chinese audiences after its release in mainland China in 1978. According to statistics, more than 70 million Chinese audiences have watched this film.

Alain Delon played Zorro in 1975. Still from Zorro

In 1984, Alain Delon starred in the art film "Our Story" and won the Best Actor Award at the French Cesar Film Awards for this film. In 1995, Alain Delon won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Berlin International Film Festival. At the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, he won the Cannes Lifetime Achievement Palme d'Or, which was also his last important public appearance.

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