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Femme Fatale (2002) 6.3
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Metascore: 59/100
Reviews: 228 user | 145 critic | 30 from Metacritic.com A woman tries to straighten out her life, even as her past as a con-woman comes back to haunt her. Director:Brian De PalmaWriter:Brian De Palma |
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Cast
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The thief Laurie Ash steals the expensive diamond jewel called 'Eye of the Serpent' in an audacious heist during an exhibition in Cannes 2001 Festival. She double-crosses her partners and is mistakenly taken as Lily, a woman who lost her husband and son in an accident and is missing since then, by an ordinary family. One day, while having bath in Lily's bathtub, Lily comes back home and commits suicide. Laurie assumes definitely Lily's identity, goes to America where she marries a rich man, who becomes the Ambassador of USA in France. When Laurie returns to France, her past haunts her. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Nothing is more desirable or more deadly than a woman with a secretMotion Picture Rating (MPAA)
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Release Date:
6 November 2002 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$35,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$664,844 (France) (10 May 2002)Gross:
$567,253 (Japan) (29 August 2003)Company Credits
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Performed by Vicarious Bliss
Written and Produced by Andy Gardiner
(c) Vicarious Bliss/Universal Music France 2001
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All the clocks shown in the movie are set at 3:33. See more »Goofs
As we see the shot of Bardo's apartment, with the computer saying "new e-mail", right before he enters the room, we see the camera shadow move over the paper cutter,. See more »Soundtracks
Télégraphe BeatsPerformed by Vicarious Bliss
Written and Produced by Andy Gardiner
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Brian De Palma's 'Femme Fatale' is pure movie-making. In fact, it is done so well you almost forget it is all close to nonsense. But who cares, 'Femme Fatale' is an exercise in style drenched in twists and turns. Instead of cheating De Palma gives us a lot of little hints, easily missed the first time you see it. Explaining the story could ruin a lot and is probably useless anyway.
I can tell the film opens with a heist, probably one of the most erotic ones out there. Laure Ash (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos) is the one who goes away with a very expensive artifact betraying a whole lot of people. This event is what drives her the rest of the movie, but in what way I can not reveal. I can say that we move forward to seven years later and that Laure has changed her identity, more by mistake than on purpose. Another important thing I can tell you is that we meet a photographer named Nicolas Bardo (Antonio Banderas). He takes a picture of Laure while she is still Laure and he is the one who takes a picture of her seven years later, a photo that could spoil everything for her.
I should stop talking about the story. You have to see it for yourself, collecting clues and try to make something out of it. I love a movie like this. 'Memento', 'Mulholland Dr.' and 'Donnie Darko' are other examples. Maybe you can figure them out, if that is the filmmakers intention, maybe you can not. But it is not so much the conclusion I enjoy, it is the ride that brings us there. De Palma does it in a terrific way with a lot of love for the movies.