Alain Delon, the French actor, producer and writer whose cool, enigmatic beauty made him an international sex symbol, has died at the age of 88. “He passed away peacefully in his home in Douchy, surrounded by his three children and his family,” said a family statement. Delon had been battling poor health in recent years and suffered a stroke in 2019. Delon will be remembered as an icon of French and European cinema, who worked with a host of celebrated directors. But he has been criticized for his controversial political views and attitude towards women. Feminists were aghast when he was awarded an honorary Palme d’Or late in his life. Born in Sceaux, a suburb south of Paris, Delon had a turbulent childhood marked by his parents’ divorce and frequent expulsions from school, before serving in the French Navy and later taking on odd jobs in Paris. He made his first appearance on film in 1957, playing a hitman in the thriller “Quand la femme s’en mêle,” titled “Send a Woman When the Devil Fails” in English. This was to be the first of many anti-hero roles for Delon, who went on to become a major figure in European film in the 1960s. In 1968, Delon was caught up in a sex, drug and murder scandal involving French high society, known as the Markovic affair. He was questioned but never charged. He also appeared in many English-language productions, including anthology movie “The Yellow Rolls-Royce” (1964) and Westerns “Texas Across the River” (1966), and “Red Sun” (1971), but he failed to replicate the success he enjoyed in European cinema. Delon won a César Award, France’s equivalent of an Oscar, for best actor in 1985 for his role as an alcoholic in Bertrand Blier’s “Our Story.” He was also nominated for a Golden Globe for his performance as the passionate, penniless Tancredi in “The Leopard.” In 1990, he starred as hitchhiker Lennox in ambitious drama “Nouvelle vague” (“New Wave”) directed by Jean-Luc Godard. His star faded in his later years, but he reappeared on television around the turn of the century, playing veteran detectives in two miniseries: “Fabio Montale” (2002) and “Frank Riva” (2003-04). Delon was married to actress and model Nathalie Delon from 1964 to 1969 and the couple had one child, Anthony. Delon had three other children: a son, Christian Boulogne, with singer and actress Nico, and Anouchka Delon and Alain-Fabien Delon with Dutch actress Rosalie van Breemen. A polarizing figure, Delon had been criticized for his close relationship with Jean-Marie Le Pen, the figurehead of France’s far-right National Front party, with who he said he had “a 50-year friendship.” (SD-Agencies) 法國演員、制片人兼作家阿蘭?德隆去世，享年 88 歲。年輕時德隆因其冷峻、神秘的美成為國際偶像。 他的家人在一份聲明中說：“他在杜希的家中安詳離世，三個孩子和其他家人陪伴身邊。德隆近年來一直健康狀況不佳， 2019 年罹患中風。 德隆是法國及歐洲電影界的偶像，曾與眾多著名導演合作，但因其具爭議的政治觀點和對女性的態度而飽受批評。他晚年被授予榮譽金棕櫚獎，讓很多女權主義者感到震驚。 德隆出生于巴黎南郊的索城，童年動蕩，父母離異，多次被學校開除，后來在法國海軍服役，其后在巴黎打零工。 1957年，他首次出演電影，在驚悚片《當女人插手》中飾演一名殺手。 這是德隆眾多反英雄角色中的第一個，他后來成為歐洲20世紀60年代影壇巨擘。1968年，德隆卷入了一場涉及法國上流社會的性、毒品和謀殺丑聞，即馬爾科維奇事件。他受到了審問，但未被起訴。 他還出演了許多英語電影，包括選集電影《黃色香車》（1964 年）、西部片《得克薩斯河對岸》（1966 年）和《龍虎群英》（1971 年），但未能復制在歐洲影壇的成功。1985年，德隆憑借在貝特朗?布里葉導演的《我們的故事》中飾演酒鬼，拿到凱撒獎最佳男演員，該獎項在法國相當于奧斯卡金像獎。他還因出演《豹》中熱情奔放、身無分文的坦克雷迪獲金球獎提名。 1990年，他在讓?呂克?戈達爾執導的劇情片《新浪潮》中飾演搭便車的倫諾克斯。晚年的他星光黯淡，但世紀之交德隆再次出現在電視熒屏上，在兩部迷你劇中，分別是《法比奧?蒙塔爾探長》（2002 年）和《探長弗朗克?里瓦》（2003-04 年），飾演資深偵探。 德隆的第一段婚姻從1964年持續至1969年，與演員兼模特娜塔莉育有一子安東尼。他還有三個孩子：與歌手兼演員尼可的兒子克里斯蒂安?布洛涅，以及與荷蘭女演員羅莎莉?范?布雷門的兒子阿努什卡和阿蘭?法比安。 德隆是一個口碑兩極分化的人物，他曾因與法國極右翼政黨國民陣線的領導人讓?瑪麗?勒龐過從甚密而受到批評，他說與勒龐有“50 年的友誼”。 (Translated by Debra) Words to Learn 相關詞匯 【神秘的】shénmì de enigmatic mysterious 【殺手】 shāshǒu hitman a professional assassin who works for a crime syndicate | 