Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.
Keywords:
New york city
Friendship
Ship
New love
Lovesickness
Jealousy
Dual identity
Double life
Based on novel or book
Venice, italy
Beguilement
Italy
Homicide
Yacht
Secret identity
Atlantic ocean
New identity
Prosecution
Fake identity
Rejection
Inferiority
Inferiority complex
Wealth
Male homosexuality
Envy
Identity theft
Gay theme
Frightened
Movie tag line: "How far would you go to become someone else."
Character: Tom Ripley
Character: Marge Sherwood
Character: Dickie Greenleaf
Character: Meredith Logue
Character: Freddie Miles