Nothing is more desirable or more deadly than a woman with a secret.
A $10-million diamond rip-off, a stolen identity, a new life married to a diplomat. Laure Ash has risked big, won big. But then a tabloid shutterbug snaps her picture in Paris, and suddenly, enemies from Laure's secret past know who and where she is. And they all want their share of the diamond heist. Or her life. Or both.
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Nostalgic, unpretentious, plot-driven and grave.
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
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- John Chardon TMDB · Nov 20158/10
Isn't sugar better than vinegar? **SPOILER ALERT - The last paragraph makes reference to a 1940s film that constitutes a spoiler. ** There rarely seems to be anything in between where Brian De Palma films are concerned, cinematic lovers of all kinds by and large either trash or laud his films. Femme Fatale is no different, one critic - both professional or amateur - will have it as a 1/10 movie, another will have it at the maximum rate available. Femme Fatale is high grade stuff if one is either a De Palma fan or a lover of film noir. Conversely if these two things don't tick your film loving boxes then the law of averages suggests you should have - or should - stayed/stay away from it. De Palma opens up the doors to his fun house and invites noir lovers to come on in and enjoy. It's difficult to write about the plot because it holds many twists and turns, it's a veritable supply of uppers and downers, twisters and benders, all sexed up and pumped full of De Palma's trademark tricks and devilish rug pulls. In truth the story and set-up is predictable, but the journey is what makes the pic ooze quality and bare faced cheek, with the director giggling away like a schoolgirl in the ba
Read the whole review on TMDB - JPV852on TMDB · May 20226/10
** Contains spoilers ** Lower tier movie from De Palma that has some good direction and acting was... okay, but the ending still never quite worked even after seeing this again (third time if I recall). The whole it was all a dream felt like a cheat. On the other hand, as mainstream erotic-thrillers go, it's worth a watch if you're interested in that subgenre, it's not a bad way to spend 2 hours. **3.0/5**
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Cast
- Rebecca RomijnLaure Ash / Lily Watts
- Antonio BanderasNicolas Bardo
- Peter CoyoteWatts
- Ériq EbouaneyBlack Tie
- Édouard MontouteRacine
- Rie RasmussenVeronica
- Thierry FrémontSerra
- Gregg HenryShiff
- Fiona CurzonStanfield Phillips
- Daniel MilgramPierre / Bartender
Crew
- Brian De PalmaDirector
- Brian De PalmaWriter
- Thierry ArbogastDirector of Photography
- Ryuichi SakamotoOriginal Music Composer
- Bill PankowEditor
- Tarak Ben AmmarProducer
- Marina GefterProducer
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