Screenwriter Hossein Amini’s directorial debut is a taut, playful adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel.
1962. A glamorous American couple, the charismatic Chester MacFarland and his alluring younger wife Colette, are holidaying in Athens. While sightseeing at the Acropolis they encounter Rydal, a young, Greek-speaking American who is working as a tour guide and scamming female tourists on the side. Drawn to Colette’s beauty and impressed by Chester’s wealth and sophistication, Rydal gladly accepts their invitation to dinner but all is not as it seems with this sophisticated couple.