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The Stone Merchant(2006)
Status: Released
Date: 2006-09-15
44%
19 Votes
Time: 1h 59m
Overview:
The Merchant (Harvey Keitel) is a Westerner. A merchant dealing in precious stones from Afganistan and Turkey. He's above suspicion. In truth, the "Stone Merchant" is a Christian convert into Islam. He's rich, cultured, fascinating. Leda (Jane March) is a successful woman who works as Head of the Public Relations for a big company. She's married to Alceo, a professor at the Sapienza University, specialized in the history of terrorist movements. Alceo is on a wheel chair. He lost his legs in the attack to the American Embassy in Nairobi in 1998. Shahid is a terrorist. Now he's planning an attack along the English Channel. Their lives, their destinies cross in Turkey, where Leda and Alceo are on holiday. And the plot will go on to Rome and Turin till the epilogue of the attack on the ferry boat.
Languages: Italian, Portuguese.
Countries:
Italy
ProductionCompanies:
Medusa Produzione
Movie: The Stone Merchant
Top 10 Billed Cast
Harvey Keitel
The Merchant
Jane March
Leda
Jordi Mollà
Alceo
F. Murray Abraham
Shahid
Paco Reconti
Valerio
Bruno Bilotta
Libero
Lucilla Agosti
Lydia
Dhafer L'Abidine
1st Egyptian (as Dhaffer Labidine)
Federica Martinelli
Rita
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Overview
The Merchant (Harvey Keitel) is a Westerner. A merchant dealing in precious stones from Afganistan and Turkey. He's above suspicion. In truth, the "Stone Merchant" is a Christian convert into Islam. He's rich, cultured, fascinating. Leda (Jane March) is a successful woman who works as Head of the Public Relations for a big company. She's married to Alceo, a professor at the Sapienza University, specialized in the history of terrorist movements. Alceo is on a wheel chair. He lost his legs in the attack to the American Embassy in Nairobi in 1998. Shahid is a terrorist. Now he's planning an attack along the English Channel. Their lives, their destinies cross in Turkey, where Leda and Alceo are on holiday. And the plot will go on to Rome and Turin till the epilogue of the attack on the ferry boat.
Release Date
2006-09-15
Average
4.4
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