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The Stone Merchant (2006)

The Stone Merchant (2006)

Drama Thriller
Release Date: 2006, September 15
Directors: Renzo Martinelli
Countries: United Kingdom, Italy, Turkey
Production: Medusa Film, Martinelli Film Company International, Panfilm, Box TV, Sky Cinema
Cast: Harvey Keitel, Paco Reconti, Jordi Mollà, Bruno Bilotta, F. Murray Abraham, Dhafer L'Abidine, Jane March, Eddy Lemare, Jonis Bashir, Federica Martinelli, Maria Grazia Adamo, Riccardo Forte

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.

Keywords:

terrorist attack boat explosion