A Talent For Murder

Synopsis

Acclaimed author Patricia Highsmith (Helen Mirren) has no desire to leave her sanctum in Switzerland before she dies. But her solitude is interrupted by Edward (Alden Ehrenreich), a young literary agent, who is sent by her publishing company to convince her to pen one last novel in her wildly popular “Ripley” series.

Patricia uses her famously macabre imagination to scare Edward away, but Edward proves resilient. Eventually she gives in, even taking him on as her writing partner. As the pair collaborates, Edward adopts Patricia’s fiendish perspective and finds that the reality she’s constructing for Ripley is indistinguishable from his own.

Directed by Anton Corbijn (CONTROL, THE AMERICAN).