La Piscine (1969) - Jean Paul (Delon) and Marriane (Romy Schneider) are spending their holiday in a villa in St. Tropez when Harry (Maurice Ronet), Marriane's ex-lover, joins them with his teenage daughter Penelope (Jane Birkin). This amusing movie has become my most favourite among the 5 in this collection. I think it's because the main 3 actors are old friends, that it seems in this they didn't act at all. The chemistry is wonderful. When Schneider said to Delon, "Je suis toujour bien quand je suis avec toi. Je ne demande pas plus.", it seems the line really comes from her heart. My favourite scene in the whole movie is the chinese dinner, for the food looks delicious as Delon keeps eating throughout the scene. This is the 2nd time I see Delon kills Ronet and ditch the body into the water. Last month a special edition DVD was released in France and it has an alternative ending; anyone who can tell me about it, please do so.
Diaboliquement Votre (1967) - After a car crash, a man (Delon) finds himself in a hospital with a temporary amnesia, and a beautiful woman (Senta Berger) tells him that his name is Georges Campo, she is his wife, and that he is very rich. This comedy-thriller makes me laugh a lot. He calls his Chinese servant Mao tse-tung and I think Delon changed his voice here. The plot itself is not new to me, but I don't know which copied which as this is an old movie which I watch only this month. 
La Veuve Couderc (1971) - None realizes how dangerous Jean Lavigne (Delon) is. In 1922 he shot two important persons in a official party, was sent to prison, and ran away. The movie is set in June 1934, shortly before WW2 and we can see how the French behave towards the Jews and non-French at that time. Jean arrives in Widow Couderc (Simone Signoret)'s farm and is hired to help her. The widow is not in good terms with her late husband's family and it is their jealousy which will end her future plans with Jean. The scene of Jean's death is spectacular. This movie gives me a sad feeling. Why can't Jean be given a second chance? They were so happy calculating the money they would get by selling the chickens.
Le Gitan (1975) - This is the 2nd work of director José Giovanni I have seen. Both 'Deux hommes dans la ville' and 'Le gitan' are about social problems: the first about ex-convicts, and 'le gitan' about gypsies. Le Gitan (Delon) with his two friends, Jo Amila (Renato Salvatori) and Jacques Helman (Maurice Barrier) steal from the state to help the poor. Their path is crossed with Yann Kuq (Paul Meurisse) who does a big jewel robbery. In both Giovanni movies, the police is depicted in a negative way. There is a touching scene, when The Gypsy is helped by a veterinarian who says that 'There are two sides of every story." I dislike the fact that Delon looks like Johnny Depp here.
Notre Histoire (1984) - This is an unusual movie which I think most producer will prefer to make as stage production instead into a film. The characters often speak to the audience, try to break the 4th wall. Delon is very good here as Robert Avranche, a middle-aged man who is tired of life. After learning that his wife has an affair with a younger man, in a long trip by train, he dreams about a young woman named Donatienne and follows her obsessively. The whole thing is confusing because it is a dream.
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