The American Friend
1977·Movie
·2h 5min·
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Tom Ripley, an American who deals in forged art, is slighted at an auction in Hamburg by picture framer Jonathan Zimmerman. When Ripley is asked by gangster Raoul Minot to kill a rival, he suggests Zimmerman, and the two, exploiting Zimmerman's terminal illness, coerce him into being a hitman.
Neo-Noir ThrillerExistential CrisisMoral AmbiguityPsychological DepthEuropean Crime CinemaAtmospheric CinematographySlow-Burn SuspenseGuilt and RedemptionComplex Characters
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Directed by:
Wim Wenders, Fritz Müller-Scherz, Emmanuel Clot
Written by:
Wim Wenders, Patricia Highsmith
Produced by:
Wim Wenders, Margaret Ménégoz, Joachim von Mengershausen
Composed by:
Milan Bor, Martin Müller, Jürgen Knieper
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