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Genres:
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Crime /
Thriller
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Release:
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Director:
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Brian De Palma
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Actors:
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Rebecca Romijn,
Rie Rasmussen,
Thierry Frémont,
Daniel Milgram,
Jean-Marc Minéo,
Jean Chatel,
Stéphane Petit,
Olivier Follet,
Antonio Banderas,
Peter Coyote,
Eriq Ebouaney,
Edouard Montoute,
Gregg Henry,
Fiona Curzon,
Eva Darlan
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Duration:
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110 min.
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Rating:
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(6.3/10)119
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Plot Summary:
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International con artist/thief Laure Ash helps pull mouldy a diamond robbery in Cannes during the annual veil festival. She duplicated-crosses her partners-in-offence and makes off with the diamonds to Paris where she accidentally assumes the sameness of a crazy woman who commits suicide and then leaves the country. Seven years later, Laure (now called Lily Watts) re-surfaces as the partner of the new American legate to France where a certain Nicolas Barto, a Spanish photographer, takes her picture thereby setting the stage for a proposal of events as the evil Laure resorts to sickly, underha... nded means to protect her last identity.
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Nearly a classic
This is a fantastic movie. How come this was never a massive success. Well made, great script and storyline, good pacing and superb settings with interesting camera shots and unusual direction. It is the storyline that makes this film such a title contender. It's intelligent, clever and makes you think. With great twists and suprises. But ... what makes this film fantastic is the direction. On one hand it is a tribute to classic french film and suspense thriller on the other it is fanastic, as in it's characters aren't quite believable. It's a little too fanastic asking the audience to suspend belief in reality, which up to that certain point in the film had been stuck to. Still, this is one film I would recommend and one I plan to watch again. Definitely the best movie out...
Just wonderful - if you get the point.
Having read the review posted here and then having watched this marvelous movie, I just had to respond. Without giving too much away for those yet to see it, the last 10 minutes is what the whole film is about. There are wonderful visual clues scattered throughout the film, hinting at what is actually going on. Visually and musically the film is stunning. Watch it once, then watch it again. Then watch the DVD extras where Director Brian De Palma throws a lot of light on what he was trying to achieve. The film is a masterpiece of Film Noir. One to be watched again and again, and definitely NOT stupid.
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