Isolated in her secluded Swiss retreat, celebrated crime novelist Patricia Highsmith (Helen Mirren) lives a quiet life surrounded by her cats, her collection of weapons, and the dark imaginations that birthed iconic antihero Tom Ripley.
Her solitude is shattered when Edward Ridgeway (Alden Ehrenreich), an ambitious young representative from her New York publishing house, arrives unexpectedly with a high-stakes demand: convince the notoriously reclusive author to pen one final installment in the Ripley saga.
What begins as a tense professional negotiation quickly devolves into a sinister, cat-and-mouse psychological duel as Edward attempts to manipulate Highsmith using her own literary tricks, forcing the master of suspense to turn her sharp, deadly intellect back onto her unexpected visitor.
Anton Corbijn directs a razor-sharp, atmospheric chamber thriller adapted by Joanna Murray-Smith from her acclaimed stage play.
From cerebral, high-stakes intellectual sparring in a dimly lit study to the blurring lines between writer and murderer, this captivating thriller keeps you guessing until the final twist.
United States / United Kingdom / Switzerland, 2026
(English with English subtitles), 106 minutes
