Femme Fatale is a 2002 film directed by Brian De Palma. The film stars Rebecca Romijn as the "femme fatale" and Antonio Banderas. In it, Laure Ash (Romijn) participates in a diamond heist in Cannes, double-crosses her accomplices and escapes to Paris, where she stumbles across her own doppelganger (also Romijn, of course) who commits suicide, leaving Laure the opportunity to take her identity and leave the country. Seven years later, Laure (now called Lily Watts) re-surfaces in Paris as the wife of the new American ambassador to France (Peter Coyote). At this point Spanish photographer Nicolas Bardo (Banderas) takes her picture, prompting Laure to manipulate Bardo in order to conceal her former identity and evade her ex-accomplices who are still after the stolen diamonds. A twist near the end accentuates the artificial nature of the story and brings many familiar motifs of De Palma's into play. This is a list of film-related events in 2002. ... Brian De Palma Brian De Palma (born September 11, 1940 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American film director. ... Rebecca Romijn Rebecca Romijn (formerly Rebecca Romijn-Stamos) (born November 6, 1972) is an actress and former supermodel. ... Mask of Zorro cover Antonio Banderas IPA: (  listen) (born August 10, 1960), is an actor who was born José Antonio Domínguez Bandera in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain. ... Peter Coyote Peter Coyote (born Peter Cohon October 10, 1941 in New York City) is the cofounder, with Emmett Grogan, of the San Francisco Diggers and veteran of the San Francisco Mime Troupe. ...

Tagline: Nothing is more desirable or more deadly than a woman with a secret.

External links

• Femme Fatale at the Internet Movie Database