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To be young end carefree amid the blue waters and idyllic landscape of sun-drenched Italy in the late 1950's; this is la dolce vita Tom Ripley craves -- and the life Dickie Greenleaf leads. A young man with no direction of his own, Ripley has been commissioned by Dickie's father, a wealthy industrialist, to journey to Italy and persuade the prodigal playboy home to America.However, on arrival, Rip... More

To be young end carefree amid the blue waters and idyllic landscape of sun-drenched Italy in the late 1950's; this is la dolce vita Tom Ripley craves -- and the life Dickie Greenleaf leads. A young man with no direction of his own, Ripley has been commissioned by Dickie's father, a wealthy industrialist, to journey to Italy and persuade the prodigal playboy home to America.However, on arrival, Ripley is instantly captivated with Dickie's charmed existence: the Amalfi coast, the jaunts to Rome, the first-class hotels, and the beautiful expatriate who completes the triangle. Dickie is amused by his new acquaintance -- never suspecting the dangerous extremes to which Ripley will go to make this lifestyle his own.

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