Introduction: A “Mediterranean Connection”? Smuggling Studies and the Middle Sea
In 1970, at the height of the activities of the “French Connection”—the infamous drug network that imported heroin from East Asia to North America via Istanbul and Marseilles—the French film Borsalino, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Alain Delon, was released. In the opening scene, as the main char...
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Bulletin de correspondance hellénique moderne et contemporain
2026
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| Dostęp online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Streszczenie: | In 1970, at the height of the activities of the “French Connection”—the infamous drug network that imported heroin from East Asia to North America via Istanbul and Marseilles—the French film Borsalino, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Alain Delon, was released. In the opening scene, as the main character, Roch Siffredi, played by Delon, is leaving prison, a standard disclaimer appears on screen stating that “all events and characters in this film are purely imaginary.” Yet this is followed by... |
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