Anthony Minghella

In late 1950s New York, a young underachiever is sent to Europe to retrieve a rich and spoiled millionaire playboy. But when the errand fails, he takes things too far.

Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes its better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. He's hired to go to Italy to bring back he playboy son of a millionaire and soon is plunged into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.