Ripley's Game (2002)
Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
Land: Italy, United Kingdom, United States
Alternative Title: il gioco di Ripley
Regisseur: Liliana Cavani
Writer: Charles McKeown, Liliana Cavani, Patricia Highsmith
Production Genre
Produzent: Producer: Ileen Maisel, Riccardo Tozzi, Simon Bosanquet
Firmen: Baby Films, Cattleya, Mr. Mudd
Genre: Drama, Film Based On A Novel, Mystery, Thriller
Budget: 30.000.000
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Schlüsselwörter
Schlüsselwörter: assignment, based on novel or book, berlin, germany, bratva (russian mafia), greed, hitman, insult, milan, remake, villa, woman director
Geschichte
Tom Ripley, a wealthy and charismatic sociopath living in Italy with his girlfriend Luisa, receives an unexpected visit from a former business associate from Berlin's underworld. The associate wants Ripley's help in eliminating a rival, but instead of doing it himself, Ripley devises a game to manipulate Jonathan Trevanny, a mild-mannered picture framer dying of cancer, into becoming the hitman. As Ripley pulls Trevanny deeper into his scheme, he must navigate his own developing conscience while ensuring that control remains in his hands.
Zusammenfassung
Ripley's Game (2002) is an Italian-British-American thriller drama directed by Liliana Cavani and loosely based on Patricia Highsmith's novel of the same name. The film explores themes of manipulation, greed, and moral ambiguity through its titular character, Tom Ripley, a calculating criminal mastermind played by John Malkovich. Unlike the source novel and previous adaptations like 'The Talented Mr. Ripley', this film focuses more on Ripley's manipulations from an older, wiser perspective rather than his origins or psychological growth.
