# Ripley's Game (2002)

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**Runtime**: 110 min
**Genres**: Crime, Thriller
**Directed by**: Liliana Cavani
**Written by**: Charles McKeown, Liliana Cavani
**Starring**: John Malkovich, Dougray Scott, Ray Winstone, Lena Headey, Chiara Caselli, Uwe Mansshardt

> *Older. Wiser. More Talented.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Venetian villa at dusk, harpsichord music drifting, a visitor from Berlin arrives. Tom Ripley initiates a deadly game with a local picture framer. Liliana Cavani directs this morally complex crime thriller.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, paranoid, raw

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