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30/04/2002 Mystery, Crime, Thriller 1h 54m
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Nothing is more desirable or more deadly than a woman with a secret.

Overview

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.

  1. Brian De Palma

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Rebecca Romijn

    Laure Ash / Lily Watts

  2. Antonio Banderas

    Nicolas Bardo

  3. Peter Coyote

    Watts

  4. Ériq Ebouaney

    Black Tie

  5. Édouard Montoute

    Racine

  6. Rie Rasmussen

    Veronica

  7. Thierry Frémont

    Serra

  8. Gregg Henry

    Shiff

  9. Fiona Curzon

    Stanfield Phillips

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2015-11-08
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 ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$35,000,000.00

Revenue
$16,800,000.00

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