Italian actress Claudia Cardinale, who performed alongside Alain Delon within the 1963 image The Leopard, gave a shifting tribute to the deceased star Sunday: “Tancredi has risen to bounce with the celebrities”, referring to Delon’s function within the movie, FRANCE 24’s Josephine McKenna stated, reporting from Rome. Whereas referred to as a French cinema icon, Delon, whose profession spans six a long time, filmed his early films in Italy the place he starred in Rocco and His Brothers (1960) amongst different classics, McKenna stated.