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Ripley's Game

Ripley's Game

Older. Wiser. More Talented.

20026.41h 50m

Overview

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?

Directed by Liliana Cavani
Written by Patricia Highsmith, Liliana Cavani, Charles McKeown
Produced by Riccardo Tozzi, Simon Bosanquet, Ileen Maisel
Box OfficeBudget: $30.0MRevenue: $6.2M

Top Cast

John Malkovich

John Malkovich

Tom Ripley

Dougray Scott

Dougray Scott

Jonathan Trevanny

Ray Winstone

Ray Winstone

Reeves

Lena Headey

Lena Headey

Sarah Trevanny

Chiara Caselli

Chiara Caselli

Luisa Harari

U

Uwe Mansshardt

Terry

Hanns Zischler

Hanns Zischler

Art Dealer

Paolo Paoloni

Paolo Paoloni

Franco

L

Lutz Winde

Ernst

Emidio La Vella

Emidio La Vella

Shoe Store Owner

Themes & Keywords

berlin, germanybased on novel or bookvillahitmanbratva (russian mafia)greedmilanassignmentinsultremakewoman director

About Ripley's Game

Ripley's Game is a crime, thriller film released in 2002 exploring themes of berlin, germany, based on novel or book, villa, hitman, bratva (russian mafia), greed. Directed by Liliana Cavani, it stars John Malkovich, Dougray Scott, Ray Winstone. 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?

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