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The American Friend
Tom Ripley has a sweet deal with an art forger. The forger creates the paintings; Tom sells them. But another criminal business associate wants Tom to go in for an even riskier enterprise: murder. Tom suggests his associate ask a local picture framer instead. That man has a fatal disease, or so it's rumored. More, he has a wife and kid that surely he wouldn't want to leave penniless. Let this picture framer be a hit man, and no one will suspect. The terminally ill craftsman may agree to the misdeed, and several more, but he'll end up needing Tom Ripley in a pinch.
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Awards
- 1977 - Palme d'Or - - nominated
- 1978 - Film Award in Silver - Outstanding Feature Film (Bester Spielfilm) - winner
- 1978 - Film Award in Gold - Best Direction (Beste Regie) - winner
- 1978 - Film Award in Gold - Best Editing (Bester Schnitt) - winner
