Crime · Thriller

Ripley's Game

Directed byLiliana Cavani

2002 · 1h 50m

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?

Cast & crew

Cast

  • John MalkovichTom Ripley
  • Dougray ScottJonathan Trevanny
  • Ray WinstoneReeves
  • Lena HeadeySarah Trevanny
  • Chiara CaselliLuisa Harari
  • Uwe MansshardtTerry
  • Hanns ZischlerArt Dealer
  • Paolo PaoloniFranco
  • Lutz WindeErnst
  • Emidio La VellaShoe Store Owner
  • Evelina MeghnagiMaria
  • Maurizio LucàFranco's Assistant

Crew

  • Liliana CavaniDirector, Writer
  • Charles McKeownWriter