The Ninth Gate

The Ninth Gate is a Spanish/French mystery movie based on the novel The Club Dumas by Arturo Prez-Reverte. It was directed by Roman Polanski, and stars Johnny Depp, Lena Olin, Frank Langella and Emmanuelle Seigner. It premiered in Europe on August 25, 1999. The movie starts with rare books-dealer Dean Corso (Johnny Depp) getting a mission from publishing tycoon Boris Balkan (Frank Langella). Balkan has recently acquired a copy of The Nine Gates to the Kingdom of Shadows by 17th century author Aristide Torchia. The book details the summoning of the devil. Balkan claims the book is a forgery. He wants Corso to find the other two known copies, find out whether any of them are genuine and - in that case - acquire them for Balkan. It has been suggested that Corso is actually Lucifer himself, lost in the human realm. The nine engravings in the book is a popcorn trail so that he may find his way back. The Girl would be one of the "helpers" of Lucifer referred to by Balkan in the beginning of the movie.

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