Ripley's Game
Tom Ripley - cool, urbane, wealthy, and murderous - lives in a villa in the Veneto with Luisa, his harpsichord-playing girlfriend. A former business associate from Berlin's underworld pays a call asking Ripley's help in killing a rival. Ripley - ever a student of human nature - initiates a game to turn a mild and innocent local picture framer into a hit man. The artisan, Jonathan Trevanny, who's dying of cancer, has a wife, young son, and little to leave them. If Ripley draws Jonathan into the game, can Ripley maintain control? Does it stop at one killing? What if Ripley develops a conscience?
Synopsis
Tom Ripley - cool, urbane, wealthy, and murderous - lives in a villa in the Veneto with Luisa, his harpsichord-playing girlfriend. A former business associate from Berlin's underworld pays a call asking Ripley's help in killing a rival. Ripley - ever a student of human nature - initiates a game to turn a mild and innocent local picture framer into a hit man. The artisan, Jonathan Trevanny, who's dying of cancer, has a wife, young son, and little to leave them. If Ripley draws Jonathan into the game, can Ripley maintain control? Does it stop at one killing? What if Ripley develops a conscience?
Ensemble
Cast
Directed by Liliana Cavani
John Malkovich
Tom Ripley
Dougray Scott
Jonathan Trevanny
Ray Winstone
Reeves
Lena Headey
Sarah Trevanny
Chiara Caselli
Luisa Harari
Uwe Mansshardt
Terry
Hanns Zischler
Art Dealer
Paolo Paoloni
Franco
Lutz Winde
Ernst
Emidio La Vella
Shoe Store Owner
Evelina Meghnagi
Maria
Maurizio Lucà
Franco's Assistant
Sam Blitz
Matthew Trevanny
Nikolaus Dutsch
Dr. Wentzel
Wilfried Zander
Belinsky
Hendrikje Fitz
Teacher in Zoo
Production
The details
Release
2002
Runtime
110 min
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