The American Friend (NC) [KINO DREAMS]

126 mins - Germany / France 1977 - Dir: Wim Wenders
Starring: Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz and Lisa Kreuzer
 
Bruno Ganz plays Jonathan Zimmermann, a picture framer with a terminal medical condition. Through a series of encounters and machinations, he accepts money to kill a criminal in order to support his family after his death. He is aided by Tom Ripley (Dennis Hopper), an art forger. Unbeknown to Jonathan, Ripley is behind all the plans. However, the criminal and borderline sociopath's feelings towards Jonathan eventually change and he feels a responsibility to take care of his new friend.
 
This adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley’s Game is dominated by the electric interplay of Ganz and Hopper.
 
“Superb adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel Ripley's Game, with Hopper as her amiably cynical hero” Time Out