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The Grifters

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In a world where con artistry is a way of life, a young and cunning swindler finds himself caught between two women who share the same blood but are at opposite moral poles. The story begins when the protagonist, a rogue desperate to escape the game of deceit, receives an unexpected visit from his mother, a veteran con artist with her own ambitions and dark secrets. Her arrival stirs not only his life but also the trust and loyalties he had established.

The mother, seeing that her son has chosen to play with fire by getting involved with a young manipulator who is also his partner, plans to reintegrate him into her world of frauds. Meanwhile, the protagonist's girlfriend, equally shrewd and power-hungry, begins to question their relationship, leading to a love triangle filled with tension and betrayal. As the threads of manipulation intertwine, each person's ambition unfolds in psychological games where betrayal may be the only way out.

The situations become increasingly dangerous as loyalties crumble and past secrets come to light. The protagonist must choose between familial loyalty and his own path, while the consequences of his choices threaten to strip him of everything he holds dear. The tension escalates to an explosive climax that tests the concept of honesty in a world full of deceit.

Media type
Movie
Year
1990
Director
Stephen Frears
Writer
Donald E. Westlake
Rating
Service
Internet Movie Database
Rating
6.90
Service
Rotten tomatoes
Rating
91.00
Service
Metacritic
Rating
86.00
Actors
Anjelica Huston
John Cusack
Annette Bening
Jan Munroe
Robert Weems
Stephen Tobolowsky
Jimmy Noonan
Richard Holden
Henry Jones
Michael Laskin
Eddie Jones
Sandy Baron
Lou Hancock
Gailard Sartain
Noelle Harling
Ivette Soler
Pat Hingle
Paul Adelstein
Jeremy Piven
Gregory Sporleder
David Sinaiko
Jeff Perry
Jon Gries
Micole Mercurio
Charles Napier
J. T. Walsh
Teresa Gilmore
Elizabeth Ann Feeley
Billy Ray Sharkey
Frances Bay
Xander Berkeley
John Gillespie
Juliet Landau
Sy Richardson
Gender
Crimen
Drama
Country
United States
Producers
Jim Painter
Robert A. Harris
Martin Scorsese
Original title
The Grifters
Duration
110
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