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Mood:
- Suspenseful
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Plot:
- ManipulationsObsessive QuestPoliticsRace Against TimeTerrorismReligions or CultsDangerState Affairs more...
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Genres:
- DramaThriller
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary
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Place:
- EuropeMiddle EastRomeTurkeyAfghanistan
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- Based on Book
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- SeriousRealistic
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The Stone Merchant, 2006
English
Italy, UK
Profile of The Stone Merchant
The mood of The Stone Merchant is suspenseful. The plot centers around manipulation, terrorism, and religions or cults. It is a drama and thriller movie. In approach, The Stone Merchant is serious and realistic. The setting is Afghanistan, Turkey, and Rome. It happens in contemporary times. The Stone Merchant is based on a book.
Summary of The Stone Merchant
The Merchant (Harvey Keitel) is a Westerner. A merchant dealing in precious stones from Afganistan and Turkey. He's above suspicion. In truth, the "Stone Merchant" is a Christian convert into Islam. He's rich, cultured, fascinating. Leda (Jane March) is a successful woman who works as Head of the Public Relations for a big company. She's married to Alceo, a professor at the Sapienza University, specialized in the history of terrorist movements. Alceo is on a wheel chair. He lost his legs in the attack to the American Embassy in Nairobi in 1998. Shahid is a terrorist. Now he's planning an attack along the English Channel. Their lives, their destinies cross in Turkey, where Leda and Alceo are on holiday. And the plot will go on to Rome and Turin till the epilogue of the attack on the ferry boat. A love story. A story of our time. A story that could really happen.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | Italy, UK |
| Release date: | 15 September 2006 |
| Runtime: | 119 min |
Cast and Crew
as The Merchant Ludovico Vicedomini
as Shahid
as Alceo
as Leda
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