A Talent for Murder

Academy Award winner Helen Mirren (The Queen) leads the mysterious thriller from acclaimed director Anton Corbijn (Control), A TALENT FOR MURDER, based on the acclaimed play by Joanna Murray-Smith, Switzerland, that imagines a strange confrontation between a literary agent and the legendary author behind The Talented Mr Ripley, Patricia Highsmith. In 1995, Highsmith (Mirren), has retired to the Swiss Alps, where she largely confines herself to her study, surrounded by her books, cats, and collection of antique weapons. Edward Ridgeway (Alden Ehrenreich), emissary for a New York publisher is sent to persuade her to craft the final instalment in her bestselling series of mysteries featuring the murderous antihero, Tom Ripley. Irritated by this youthful, overly eager visitor, Highsmith refuses the offer — unless, that is, Ridgeway can dream up the perfect murder along with her. A darkly funny, freshly thrilling, and unrepentantly seductive mystery, that asks the audience to question who true antagonist is, A TALENT FOR MURDER is a deeply intriguing foray into the realm where history and myth become deliciously entangled.