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The ninth gate

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Leave the unknown alone.

Dean Corso (Johnny Depp) is highly skilled at his work, a position which requires dexterity, cultural expertise, nerves of steel... and few scruples. Known for locating rare books for wealthy collectors, Corso is hired by eminent book-lover and scholar of demonology, Boris Balkan (Frank Langella). Corso's mission: to find the last two volumes of the legendary manual of satanic invocation The nine gates of the shadow kingdom, compare them with Balkan's first volume, supposedly the only one of its kind, and ascertain the authenticity of the series.

Corso accepts the challenge. From New York to Toledo, Paris to Cintra, he immerses himself in a labyrinth full of pitfalls and temptations, disturbing encounters, violence and mysterious deaths. Protected by an angelic creature (Emanuelle Seigner) and guided by a force more powerful than himself, the hunter solves one by one the mysteries of the dreaded book and discovers the real purpose of his mission...

Also starring Lena Olin as Liana Telfer, Barbara Jefford as Baroness Kessler, Jack Taylor as Victor Fargas, José López Rodero as Pablo and Pedro Ceniza and James Russo as Bernie. Written by Roman Polanski, John Brownjohn and Enrique Urbizu, based on the novel the club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte, directed by Roman Polanski.