The talented Mr. Ripley

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.