Patricia Highsmith: Beautiful Shadows

West Germany, France, 1977
Regi: Wim Wenders

Tom Ripley lures framer Jonathan Zimmerman into an underworld of shady gangsters, where he is manipulated into committing murder for a sum of money that will secure his family's future.

United Kingdom, Australia, 2015
Regi: Todd Haynes

In the film adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's "The Price of Salt", we meet Therese, a young woman in New York who lives a directionless life. When Carol shows up at the shop she works in, she for once allows herself to be guided by something that feels right.

France, 1981
Regi: Michel Deville

In this intense psychological thriller, we meet an old man who is married to a young woman. She is bored after 8 years of marriage, and flirts with other men right in front of him, both at parties and in their home. How will he handle this?

Switzerland, Germany, 2022
Regi: Eva Vitija

This documentary offers an intimate look at Patricia Highsmith, one of the last century’s great authors. Through her personal notes and the people closest to her, Loving Highsmith reveals fresh insight into her persona and body of work.

USA, 1951
Regi: Alfred Hitchcock

In Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller classic two men consider the perfect crime: If they commit each other’s murder, no one will connect them to the killings. And who will suspect two strangers of being in cahoots?

USA, 1999
Regi: Anthony Minghella

In this supremely elegant and suspenseful thriller, Tom Ripley is tasked with convincing shipping heir Dickie to leave his extravagant life in Italy and return home. But Ripley acquires a taste for the good life, and a desire to take Dickie’s place.