instrumentiste8 Very good movie. I watched the original French version without English subtitles and although I struggled a bit with the language it was easy to follow even though my French is not fluent. What really surprised me is that the ratings for Borsalino so far have not been higher - as far as French gangster movies go I would consider it within my top 5. It is pacey with lots of action and unlike some French movies,I was never bored once watching it. The combination of Jean Paul Belmondo and Alain Delon as Capella and Siffredi worked very well and Michel Bouquet's performance as Rinaldi was also very good. My only criticism of Borasalino was that there were too many female characters linked with Capella and Siffredi and we never really learnt more about them as the story progressed. Otherwise a movie I would recommend.

ianlouisiana As chic and stylish as the eponymous hat,"Borsalino" is a hugely enjoyable exercise in post - modern - irony many years before that genre was actually invented.It features two of French Cinema's most iconic male actors guying their movie personas very amiably,wearing great suits and exhibiting that deadly combination of charm and danger that sets many a woman (and not a few men) a - tremble. It is so essentially Gallic you can almost smell the croissants,coffee and "Gitanes". The boys smoke and drink with innocent enjoyment,tote their gats with huge panache and altogether have a hell of a time. Their more "serious" movies are lauded by critics,"Borsalino" often dismissed as makeweight - a pot - boiler.Anybody who thinks that has no idea how hard good comedy is. This is a near - perfect movie.The score by pianist/composer Claude Bolling is exactly fittling. If you fell asleep watching some "nouvelle vague" classic about a miserable rat - faced hero wandering the wet pavements of Paris looking for something he'll never find,"Borsalino" will restore your dormant love of le styl Francais.

François Beya I watched this movie for the first time when i was 15 and continue watching it today,this movie is timeless, i was already familiar with Alain Delon and most of the works by Jean-Paul Belmondo,the two actors are phenomenal by themselves and were electrifying together in this movie.I find no fault in this representation of french mobsters in the 30's, and further feel that this movies should have received similar praise to movies such as our more recent "the Godfather".The movie starts off in a french Bistro with François Capella(Belmondo)shooting pool, and a lady sitting at the bar, Roch Siffredi(Delon)storms in and request the lady(Lola) to leave with him, and this results in a fist fight between Capella and Siffredi, and the movie catapults from their first meeting.The movie is well shot even by todays standards, the story is quite complete and will not leave questioning much once it is over. if you can get hold of it, it is definitely worth watching.

chokeemarbo At that time,Jean-Paul Belmondo and Alain Delon who had been top of status as an actor in France. They seemed to enjoy performing light touch gang star movie. Jean Paul and Alain argued who's name should be up or down. I thought it doesn't matter for them. About 28 later they co-worked with "Half A Chance(1998)",they fight fighting over the same woman and became partner...it reminded me of this movie. Also fashion coordinate and soundtrack were great.