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where was the talented mr ripley filmed in italy
The town of Positano and various villages on the islands of Ischia and Procida, near Naples, were used to represent the fictional town of Mongibello in The Talented Mr. Ripley.
what genre is the talented mr ripley
The Talented Mr. Ripley is a 1999 American psychological thriller film.

Question: was the film an adaptation
Self-contained rewrite: was the talented mr ripley an adaptation