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Purple Noon (1960) Plot Summary Explained

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1960 · 118 mins · French
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Starring
Alain Delon, Maurice Ronet, Romy Schneider, René Clément, Erno Crisa, Paul Müller

Passion ignites at ten, envy surfaces at eleven, and murder unfolds at noon. Tom Ripley is a talented mimic, opportunistic mooch, deft forger and consummate criminal improviser, whose manipulations draw him deeper into a web of desire and deceit, revealing aspects of himself even he cannot foresee.

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