Rating: R
Genre:
Mystery
Theatrical Release: 04/16/2002(France),
Release Date: 03/25/2003
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 114 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Nudity, Strong Sexual Content, Not For Children, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
Brian De Palma blends the emotional netherworld of
film noir with a stylish portrayal of life among the wealthy and powerful in Paris in this glossy
thriller.
Laure Ash (
Rebecca Romijn-Stamos) is a beautiful but mysterious woman who has aligned herself with a small ring of jewel thieves, led by a man known as
Black Tie (
Eriq Ebouaney), who has planned a major score during the
Cannes Film Festival. Sexy model
Veronica (
Rie Rasmussen) is scheduled to make a spectacular entrance for the screening of director
Regis Wargnier's picture, wearing a body-hugging piece of jewelry worth a cool ten million dollars.
Laure approaches the sexually adventurous
Veronica and is able to seduce her, while at the same time stealing her diamond-studded outfit and replacing it with a carefully constructed counterfeit.
Veronica, however, also makes off the loot without giving her partners their cut, and must go into hiding in order to avoid the wrath of
Black Tie and his cohorts. Fate allows
Laure to make her way to the United States, where in time she marries a powerful politician. Photographer
Nicolas Bardo (
Antonio Banderas), however, had snapped a picture of
Laure while she was on the lam years before, and when he takes an assignment to get a photo of the camera-shy woman,
Laure realizes
Nicolas is in a position to reveal her new identity to the world -- and put the bloodthirsty
Black Tie back on her trail.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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