The American Friend
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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.
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A chillingly detached exploration of desperation and manufactured bonds. The film oozes a cool, European dread, where existential ennui meets the grim mechanics of a hitman's life. It’s a stylish, unsettling descent into moral ambiguity.
bleakmelancholictenseunsettlingslow-burnEuropean arthouseneo-noiratmosphericintrospectivefriendshipmortalitybetrayalartifice
dying and deathnew york cityfriendshiphusband wife relationshipparis, francebased on novel or bookhitmanmunich, germanymale friendshipterminal illnessleukemiamurdermafiatape recorderexploding carart dealerhamburg, germanyart auction
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