The Stone Merchant

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The Stone Merchant ★½ Il Mercante di Pietre 2006

Unhappy Leda (March) works for Alitalia airlines and is married to Alceo (Molla), who is a paraplegic because of a terrorist attack. She falls for gemstone merchant Ludivico (Keitel), a convert to Islam, who turns out to be an Al-Qaeda operative who is planning to use Leda to transport some bomb-making material. Grim and obvious. 122m/C DVD . GB IT Harvey Keitel, Jane March, Jordi Molla, F. Murray Abraham; D: Renzo Martinelli; W: Renzo Martinelli, Fabio Campus; C: Blasco Giurato; M: Aldo de Scalzi Pivio.

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