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The Stone Merchant (2006)
Directed by Renzo Martinelli
Drama, Thriller · 2h 00m
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.
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
Eleonora Martinelli
The Merchant Assistant
Crew
- Director
- Renzo Martinelli
- Screenplay
- Renzo Martinelli, Fabio Campus
- Writer
- Renzo Martinelli
- Novel
- Corrado Calabrò
- Director of Photography
- Blasco Giurato
- Original Music Composer
- Aldo De Scalzi, Pivio
- Editor
- Osvaldo Bargero
- Producer
- Renzo Martinelli
Details
- Original title
- Il mercante di pietre
- Release date
- 2006-09-15
- Runtime
- 2h 00m
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- Italian, English, Portuguese
- Countries
- Italy, United Kingdom, Turkey
- Production
- Medusa Film, Martinelli Film Company International, Panfilm, Box TV, Sky Cinema
- Budget
- $10,000,000
- Box office
- $1,029,807