- Country: Italy, UK
- Genres: Drama, Thriller
- Release: 2006-09-15
- Director: Renzo Martinelli
- Writers: Renzo Martinelli , Fabio Campus , Corrado Calabrò
- Language: English
- Stars: Harvey Keitel , Jane March , Jordi Mollà , F. Murray Abraham , Paco Reconti , Bruno Bilotta , Lucilla Agosti , Dhafer L’Abidine , Eddy Lemare , Federica Martinelli
- Runtime: 119 min
- Awards: 1 nomination
- AKA: Szlachetny kamień (Poland) , Торговец камнями (Russian Federation) , La guerra silenciosa (Argentina) , Negustorul de pietre pretioase (Romania) , Obchodník se smrtí (Czech Republic) , Gyilkos eszme (Hungary) , Stone Merchant - Händler des Terrors (Germany) , Prekiautojas akmenimis (Lithuania) , Il mercante di pietre (United Kingdom) , Diamantia kai aima (Greece) , The Stone Merchant , Kohtalon jalokivet (Finland) , Il mercante di pietre , O Mercador De Pedras (Brazil) , The Stone Merchant (Finland) , Il mercante di pietre (Italy) , El mercader de piedras (Spain) , The Stone Merchant (United States of America)
- Plot:
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:tt0775090
Renzo Martinelli
Director
Harvey Keitel
The Merchant
Jane March
Leda
Jordi Mollà
Alceo
F. Murray Abraham
Shahid
Paco Reconti
Valerio
Bruno Bilotta
Libero
Lucilla Agosti
Lydia
Dhafer L’Abidine
1st Egyptian (as Dhaffer Labidine)
Eddy Lemare
2nd Egyptian
Federica Martinelli
Rita
Eleonora Martinelli
The Merchant Assistant
Riccardo Forte
Doc. Casellato
Alena Ivanov
Russian Woman
Maria Grazia Adamo
Female Student
Jonis Bashir
1st Somali