Femme Fatale (2002 film)

Femme Fatale is a 2002 French erotic thrillermystery film directed by Brian De Palma. The film stars Rebecca Romijn and Antonio Banderas. It was screened out of competition at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.

Seven years later, Laure in her identity as Lily resurfaces in Paris as the wife of Bruce Watts, the new American ambassador to France Peter Coyote. After arriving in France, a Spanish paparazzo named Nicolas Bardo Antonio Banderas takes her picture. The picture is displayed around Paris, and Black Tie who has coincidentally been released from prison seven years after being arrested for the heist spots Bardos photo while in the middle of killing Veronica by throwing her into the path of a speeding truck. With Laure exposed to her vengeful exaccomplices, she decides to frame Bardo for her own staged kidnapping. Bardo is further manipulated by Laure into following through with the kidnapping, and in the process, they begin a sexual relationship. The pair eventually meet with Bruce for a ransom exchange however, Bardo has a crisis of conscience at the last moment and sabotages the scheme. In retaliation, Laure executes both Bruce and Bardo, only to be surprised by her exaccomplices afterwards who promptly throw her off a bridge to her seeming death.In an extended twist ending, the entirety of the movies events after Laure enters the tub in Lilys home are revealed to be a dream. Laure spies Lily entering the home as before, but this time stops her from committing suicide. Seven years later, Laure and Veronica, who is revealed to have been Laures partner all along, chat about the success of their diamond caper. Black Tie and Racine arrive seeking revenge, but they are killed by the same truck that killed Veronica in Laures dream. Bardo, witnessing all these events, introduces himself to Laure, swearing that he has met her before, with Laure replying Only in my dreams. ........

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