The Talented Mr Ripley
Director | Anthony Minghella
Presented by CAMPARI
A first-rate, sumptuously photographed thriller, The Talented Mr Ripley features fantastic performances by its stars and supporting players, including a young Cate Blanchett and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Universally praised and awarded upon its release, its tense and criminally stylish thrills have only improved with age.
Crime, Thriller | Italy | 1999 | 139 mins | English
CAST Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Matt Damon stars as the titular Mr Ripley, a low-level schemer in 1950s New York. When Ripley is mistaken for a Princeton grad at a party by a wealthy older man named Herbert Greenleaf, he goes along with the story and agrees to travel to Italy to persuade Greenleaf's son — an actual Princeton grad named Dickie (Jude Law) — to return to America. When he gets there, the lies come thick and fast as he becomes embroiled in the lives of Dickie and his fiancée Marge (Gwyneth Paltrow) who both live a life he so desires.
“a spellbinding psychological thriller that gets under your skin and stays there. It’s a meditation on envy, desire, and identity, wrapped up in the lush beauty of Italy and the cold, calculating mind of its protagonist”
Roger Ebert
WINNER
Best Supporting Actor (Jude Law), BAFTA
WINNER
Best Costume Design, BAFTA
WINNER
Best Cinematography, European Film Awards