The Stone Merchant

The Stone Merchant

119 mins | Drama, Thriller | Sept. 15, 2006

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.

The Stone Merchant

119 mins | Drama, Thriller | Sept. 15, 2006

The Stone Merchant
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.
IMDb rating 4.2
Producers Medusa Produzione
Original title Il mercante di pietre
Directors Renzo Martinelli
Writers Fabio Campus, Renzo Martinelli

Cast

Harvey Keitel

as The Merchant

Jane March

as Leda

Jordi MollĂ 

as Alceo

F. Murray Abraham

as Shahid

Paco Reconti

as Valerio

Bruno Bilotta

as Libero

Lucilla Agosti

as Lydia

Dhafer L'Abidine

as 1st Egyptian (as Dhaffer Labidine)

Eddy Lemare

as 2nd Egyptian

Eleonora Martinelli

as The Merchant Assistant

Riccardo Forte

as Doc. Casellato

Alena Ivanov

as Russian Woman

Maria Grazia Adamo

as Female Student

Jonis Bashir

as 1st Somali