The American writer Patricia Highsmith, best known for her thrillers, retired to a small chalet in the Swiss Alps in 1995. The young literary agent Edward Ridgeway travels from New York to visit Highsmith with the aim of persuading her to write one final instalment of her highly successful series about the character Tom Ripley. Initially, she is not keen on the idea, but she changes her mind – on the condition that Ridgeway helps her devise the perfect murder. However, their joint work on the new story soon takes an ominous turn.
Following an impressive career as a photographer and music video director, the Dutch director Anton Corbijn made his first thriller in 2010: The American. With A Talent for Murder, based on Joanna Murray-Smith’s 2014 play Switzerland, he has once again delivered a thriller. Murray-Smith herself wrote the screenplay, with Helen Mirren and Alden Ehrenreich playing the lead roles.
A Talent for Murder
Genre
Drama, Thriller
Expected
24 Dec 2026
Directed by
Anton Corbijn
Language
Engels
Duration
106
Origin
Groot-Brittannië, VS, Zwitserland, Italië, 2026
Viewing guide
A literary agent tries to persuade the writer Patricia Highsmith (Helen Mirren) to write another Ripley book. She is willing to do so, but on condition that they come up with the perfect murder together.