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Femme Fatale is a 2002 erotic thriller film written and directed by Brian De Palma. The film stars Antonio Banderas and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos. It was screened out of competition at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. Upon its release, Femme Fatale received mixed reviews from film critics and became a box office flop.
A femme fatale ( / ˌfɛm fəˈtæl / or / ˌfɛm fəˈtɑːl /, French: [fam fatal]; lit. 'fatal woman' ), sometimes called a maneater [1], Mata Hari, or vamp, is a stock character of a mysterious, beautiful, and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers, often leading them into compromising, deadly traps. She is an archetype of ...
Feb 28, 2024 · The femme fatale is one of the most classic tropes in cinema, featuring iconic and memorable characters. Here are the best femme fatales in movie history.
Mercenary thief Laure Ash (Rebecca Romijn) participates in a diamond heist at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival in France. The plan is for Laure to steal a necklace of valuable diamonds from the ensemble of a female attendant named Veronica (Rie Rasmussen).
The femme fatale is an archetype that appears throughout history in mythology, art, and literature and became a principal character in the hard-boiled detective novels and classic film noir of the 20th century.
Nov 6, 2002 · 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.
Feb 27, 2022 · Brian De Palma’s “Femme Fatale” begins with a close-up of Billy Wilder’s “Double Indemnity” (1944) being shown on TV, the reflection of the film’s lead, Laure Ash (Rebecca Romjin-Stamos), visible on screen.
