GERMANY · 1977
The American Friend
New German Cinema
moral corruption
manipulation and coercion
identity and deception
desperation exploited
transatlantic crime
Synopsis
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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