Femme Fatale (2002)


Femme Fatale
Release Date30 April 2002
Budget$35,000,000
US Box Office$7,000,000
TaglineNothing is more desirable or more deadly than a woman with a secret
GenreCrime, Thriller, Mystery
CountryFrance
Filming LocationsCannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France
LanguageEnglish, French
Sound MixDTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassCrime Thriller, Erotic Thriller
MoodMindbenders, Head Trips
ThemesFemmes Fatales, Dishonor Among Thieves, Haunted By the Past, Jewel Theft, Twins and Lookalikes
TonesStylized, Slick, Sexy, Tense, Paranoid
TagsBlackmail, Crime Ring, Femme Fatale, Film Festival, Jewel Robbery, Photographer, Politician, Seduction

Femme Fatale is a 2002 French crime-thriller film directed by Brian De Palma. The film stars Rebecca Romijn as the femme fatale and Antonio Banderas. It was screened out of competition at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Lily, Laure

Nicolas Bardo

Watts

Black Tie

Edouard Montoute
Racine

Veronica

Thierry Frémont
Serra

Shiff

Fiona Curzon
Stanfield Phillips

Daniel Milgram
Bartender, Pierre

Jean-Marc Minéo
Seated Guard

Jean Chatel
Cannes Commentator

Stéphane Petit
Bodyguard One

Olivier Follet
Bodyguard Two

Irma

Jean-Marie Frin
Louis

Philippe Guégan
Bespectacled Man

Denis Hecker
TV Moderator

Laurence Breheret
Flight Attendant

Salvatore Ingoglia
Truck Driver

Matthew Géczy
Embassy Guard

Laurence Martin
Nathalie

Jo Prestia
Napoleon

French Cop

Françoise Michaud
Woman with Blind Man

Alain Figlarz
Sex Shop Man

Bart DePalma
Power Room Guard

Valérie Maës
The Blonde in Restroom, at Bridge and in Cafe

David Cuny
Groom Hotel Sheraton

Eric Fesais
Policeman

Bertrand Merignac
Photographer

Dan Herzberg
Surveillance Room Guard

Samuel Olivier
Surveillance Room Guard

Pascal Ondicolberry
Surveillance Room Guard

Gérard Renault
Surveillance Room Guard

Joaquina Belaunde
Woman in Panic

Ugne Andrikonyte
Festival Guest

Faco Hanela
Poster Man

Marie Foulquie
Tourist

Régis Quennesson
Tourist

Matilde Tancredi
Medium on TV Show

Pascale Jacquemont
Medium on TV Show

Serge Gonnin
Thierry

Aurélie Pauker
Brigitte - Lily's Daughter

Isabelle Auroy
Grandmother

Special Guest Cannes Film Festival

Régis Wargnier
Special Guest at Cannes Film Festival

Beata Ben Ammar
Special Guest Cannes Film Festival

Yves Marmion
Special Guest Cannes Film Festival

Ada Marmion
Special Guest Cannes Film Festival

Leonardo De La Fuente
Special Guest Cannes Film Festival

Stephen Van Nukerk
Special Guest Cannes Film Festival

Driki Van Zyl
Special Guest Cannes Film Festival

Pascal Silvestre
Special Guest Cannes Film Festival

Henri Ernst
Special Guest Cannes Film Festival

Olivier Albou
Special Guest Cannes Film Festival

Stephen Van Nietert
Special Guest Cannes Film Festival

Emilie Châtel
Special Guest at Cannes Film Festival

Dorothée Grosjean
Special Guest at Cannes Film Festival

Chloé Crémont
Special Guest at Cannes Film Festival

Justine Renard
Special Guest Cannes Film Festival

Gilles Jacob
Cannes Film Festival Participant

Fanny Crawford
-

Jean-Yves Freyburger
Bit part

Paul Périer
Released prisoner

Cheesy Agent

Director

Producer

Tarak Ben Ammar
producer

Marina Gefter
producer

Mark Lombardo
executive producer

Chris Soldo
associate producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Thierry Arbogast

Editor

Bill Pankow
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Casting Director

Kerry Barden
-

Billy Hopkins
-

Suzanne Smith
-

Production Designer

Anne Pritchard
-

Art Director

Denis Renault
-

Set Decorator

Françoise Benoît-Fresco

Costume Designer

Olivier Bériot

Makeup Department

Davy Newkirk
hair stylist

Kay Philips
hair stylist

Patricia Planche
makeup artist

Jean-Luc Russier
key makeup artist

Nena Smarz
makeup artist: Antonio Banderas

Mauro Tamagnini
key hair stylist

Olivier Seyfrid
hair stylist

Production Manager

Tao Guiga
post-production supervisor

Ginette Mejinsky
production supervisor

Keri Weisblum
post-production supervisor: New York

Feriel Benouarka
production manager

Yorick Kalbache
assistant production manager, unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Jerome Borenstein
first assistant director

Dominique Delany
first assistant director

Gil Kenny
second assistant director

Ariane Lacan
third assistant director

Franck Vestiel
second second assistant director

Romuald Weber
second second assistant director

Emilie Cherpitel
third assistant director

Vanessa Djian
trainee assistant director

Delphine Lhomme
third assistant director

Adam Marchand
trainee assistant director

Art Department

Denis Adelet
set striking

Olivier Andre
set striking

Marie José Arnautin
head painter

Brice Blasquez
construction buyer

François Blatrix
carpenter

Olivia Bloch-Lainé
set dressing buyer

Philippe Boucheron
carpenter

Marie Chapuis
painter

Bernard Courteix
construction buyer

Millie Dardenne
painter trainee

Bart DePalma
special art projects

Marc Fivel
carpenter

Jean-Philippe Geoffriau
first assistant art director

Julien Grisot
leadman

Peter Hammond
painter

Laure Hug
set dressing assistant

Bernard Husquin
construction coordinator

Jacques Husquin
carpenter

Emmanuelle Lebail
draper

Guy Lionel
painter

Françoise Malaplate
assistant painter

Flavia Marcon
art department runner

Fabrice Maux
painter

jeweled serpent designer: Chopard

Jacques Mizrahi
carpenter

Henri Moisan
propman

Yvon Moreno
property master

Philippe Naert
carpenter

Patrice Notaise
welder

Nathalie Oger
second assistant art director

Vincent Panossian
construction buyer

François Pernod
head carpenter

Catherine Pierrat
set dressing buyer

Hervé Poeydemenge
draper

Madeleine Poli
second assistant art director

Olivier Puyrenier
construction assistant

Fabrizio Scapin
construction trainee

Nathalie Serrière
art department coordinator

Gérard Simonet
head carpenter

Michel Toubkis
carpenter

Bertrand Vuarnesson
carpenter

Sound Department

Katia Boutin
dialogue editor

Harriet Fidlow
adr editor: New York

François Groult
sound mixer

Grégory Lacroix
cable person

Anne Le Campion
sound mixer

Jean-Pierre Lelong
foley editor

Bernard Leroux
foley recordist

Marion Lorthioir
head ADR editor

Marilyn McCoppen
adr editor: San Francisco

Mario Melchiorri
foley assistant

Jean-Paul Mugel
sound engineer

Laurent Quaglio
supervising sound editor, sound editor

Pierre Tucat
boom operator

Thomas Whiting
adr editor: Los Angeles

Special Effects

Rémi Chouroulinkov
mechanical effects assistant

Philippe Hubin
special effects coordinator

Jean-Christophe Magnaud
special effects assistant

Pascal Molina
mechanical effects designer

Visual Effects

Mark Allen
digital artist: Quinta logo designer

Luc Augereau
visual effects producer: L'Est

Kevin Berger
digital artist: L'Est

Nabila Daniault
digital grader: Mikros Image

Sophie Denize
production coordinator: Mikros Image

Richard Deusy
digital grader: Scan Lab

Claire Didier
coordinator: Scan Lab

Christel Doebele
digital artist: L'Est

Cédric Fayolle
digital artist: Mikros Image

Arnaud Fouquet
digital artist: L'Est

David François
digital artist: L'Est

Eric Fréchou
digital artist: L'Est

Mathilde Germi
production coordinator: L'Est

Brice Halary
scanning: Scan Lab

Pascal Laurent
visual effects supervisor: Mikros Image

Jean Baptiste Le Guen
shoot supervisor: Scan Lab

Basile Maffone
I/O technician: L'Est

Eric Martin
visual effects supervisor: Scan Lab

Stephane Martini
visual effects supervisor: Scan Lab

Kilou Picard
assistant production coordinator: Mikros Image

Jean-Christophe Sanchez
I/O technician: L'Est

Agnès Sébenne
visual effects supervisor

Christine Szymkowiak
digital artist: Mikros Image

Jean-Francois Theault
digital artist: L'Est

Stunts

Jean-Charles Andrieux
stunts

Virginie Arnaud
stunt double: Laure and Veronica

Francis Auguy
stunts

Sedina Balde
stunts

Francis Bataille
stunts

Michel Bouis
stunts

William Cagnard
stunts

Gilles Conseil
stunts

Yannick Derrien
stunt coordinator

Alain Gaudiard
stunts

Pascal Guégan
stunts

Philippe Guégan
key stunt coordinator

Enrico Horn
stunts

Mouloud Ikhaddelene
stunts

David Julienne
stunts

Michel Julienne
stunts

Patrick Médioni
stunts

Florent Mismetti
stunts

Alison Parsons
stunts

Francis Roblin
stunts

Patrick Cauderlier
stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

Yves Agostini
additional camera operator

Thierry Alais
grip

Sophie Bosquet
assistant camera

Tahar Boualam
generator operator

David Campbell
crane operator: Technocrane

Mathieu Caudroy
Steadicam operator

Emmanuel de Fleury
assistant camera

Alain Dondin
best boy electric

Denis Garnier
assistant camera

Etienne George
still photographer

Jean-Pierre Gesbert
grip

Graham Hall
focus puller

Claude Hirsch
key gaffer

Larry Huston
Steadicam focus puller: Cannes

Patrick Lavaud
director of photography: Mystic System, Infra-Red

Gilbert Lecluyse
camera operator

Melanie Maillet
assistant director of photography: Mystic System - Infra-Red

Laurent Malek
electrician

Laurent Martin
grip

Larry McConkey
Steadicam operator: Cannes

Nils Moreau
grip

Benoît Pain
video assist operator

Luis Peralta
electrician

Xavier Renaudot
electrician

Jean-Pierre Supe
focus puller

Benoît Theunissen
dolly grip, key grip

Stéphane Thiry
best boy grip

Vincent Muller
assistant camera: second unit

Roger Simonsz
director of photography: second unit

Casting Department

Antoinette Boulat
casting: France

Christophe Canavaggio
crowd casting assistant

Andrea Fontana
crowd casting assistant

Muriel Habert
crowd casting assistant

Annette Trumel
crowd casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Mélik Bénard
costumer

Corinne Bruand
assistant costume designer

Mahemiti Deregnaucourt
costumer

Lorenzo Mancianti
costumer

Alice Mayeux
on-set costumer

Sophie Mollier
costumer

Tina Morel
on-set costumer

Emmanuelle Pertus
wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department

Marie-Claire Duboc
negative cutter

Christian Dutac
color timer

Sabine Emiliani
second assistant editor

Jean-Daniel Fernandez-Qundez
first assistant editor

Julien Johan
second assistant editor

Colette Kassabian
negative cutter

Isabelle Le Faucheux
negative cutter

Frederique Veillard
first assistant editor

Andrew Weisblum
assistant editor: New York

Bill Daly
post-production executive

Music Department

Fernando Aponte
score recordist, music mixer

Katia Boutin
music editor

Steven Danenberg
orchestra consultant

Edouard Dubois
music supervisor, music editor: temp score

Wally Dunbar
music preparation

Andy Gardiner
music producer: "Télégraphe Beats"

Andy Gardiner
composer: song "Télégraphe Beats"

Gil Goldstein
additional orchestrator

composer: song "Altar"

Joseph Racaille
music arranger: "Altar"

Damien Saez
musician: "Sexe"

musician: piano, score mixer

Rosanne 'Mrs. Danenberg' Soifer
music librarian

Kevin Townend
orchestrator

John Moses
musician: clarinet

Transportation Department

Segolene Amice
production driver, driver: Mr. De Palma

François-Xavier Anseaume
production driver

Georges Barrier-Carron
transportation coordinator

Herve Charbonnier
production driver

Frantz Folliot
production driver

Pierre Alexander Marie
production driver

Stephane Mariot
production driver

Christian-Paul Peyron
picture car coordinator

Olivier Suffert
production driver: Rebecca Rominj Stamos

Other Crew

Michèle Abitbol
unit publicist

Evan Balmer
executive: KAB America Inc.

Stéphane Barlow
assistant location manager

Chantal Bégasse
production secretary

Tarak Ben Ammar
presenter

Feriel Benouarka
laboratory coordinator

Tanya Blumstein
dialogue coach: English

Sonia Brahim
production assistant

Denis Brami
coordinator: Quinta

Juliette Caron
dialogue coach: French

Frederic Chene
accountant trainee

Emilie Cherpitel
set production assistant

Celia Cornil
legal assistant

Matthieu Courtay
production assistant

Ariane Culiersi
payroll accountant

Pascaline Degbo
accountant: Quinta

Michel Degrange
assistant location manager

Sara Delval
office production assistant

Vincent Dicop
assistant production accountant

Denis Evrard
stand-in

Kathy Farkas
stand-in

Florence Forney
additional production secretary

Jacques Foussat
production assistant

Mia Frye
choreographer: "Sailors' Bar"

Jeanne Geiben
financial director: Quinta

Frédéric Greene
production controller

Hafidha Khallouli
production assistant: Quinta

Valerie Kula
production assistant

Rodolphe Lanaro
location scout

Miguel Mata Langlois
production assistant

Dinah Lary
personal assistant: Mr. Banderas

Philippe Letode
location scout

Delphine Lhomme
set production assistant

Olivier Lhoste
location scout

Valérie Maës
stand-in

Nora Makaci
production assistant: Quinta

Marie McFerran
production coordinator

Fabrice Merlaud
production assistant

Katharina Nicol
assistant to producer

Patrick Pesenti
location manager

Paul Rosenblum
production executive: Quinta USA

Alexis Royneau
production assistant

David Rubinson
executive: KAB America Inc.

Julien Sabourdin
production accountant

Brigitte Segal
business affairs: Quinta, legal advisor: Quinta

Norika Sky-Sora
executive: KAB America Inc.

Valentine Traclet
assistant script supervisor

Sophie Verliere
assistant: Mr. De Palma

Aruna Villiers
script supervisor

Christophe Bernard
location scout

Frederik Bois
title designer

Production Company

Epsilon Motion Pictures
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Quinta Communications
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Distributor

ARP Sélection

Herald Film Company

Líder Films

Medusa Distribuzione

Paradiso Entertainment

Rialto Film AG

Solo Film Verleih

Warner Bros. Pictures

Canvas

Hollydan Works

Paradiso Home Entertainment

PlayArte Filmes
,

PlazaVista Entertainment

Talpa

Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE)
,

Universum Film (UFA)

Special Effects

L'Etude et la Supervision des Trucages (L'E.S.T.)

Mikros Image

Miscellaneous

American Limosines
picture limosines

Auditorium S.I.S. La Garenne
sound mixed at

Bogard
steadicam

Cap Ciné
avid editing equipment

Car Grip
technical vehicles

Central Color
stills processing

Centralcolor
stills laboratory

Chopard
jewelry and watches by

Cinéstéréo
optical transfer

Clavicorde
sound editing

DCA Audiovisual
sound transfer

Eclair Studios
sound stage

Ercidan
title design

Fendi
fur coats and accessories

Festival International du Film
special thanks

France Telefram
telecommunications equipment courtesy of

Hopkins, Smith & Barden
casting: USA

Howard Schwartz Recording
post-production facilities

Jean-Charles de Castelbajac
wardrobe: Rie Rasmussen

KAB Studios
score recording

KGS
grip equipment

Kodak
film stock supplied by

Laser Video Titres
titles

Les Auditoriums de Joinville
sound mixed at

Locafête
catering

Lumitre Unique
35 mm conform, avid editing equipment

Marques et Films
product placement

Night & Day Protection
security

Post Factory NY
post-production facilities

Right Track Recording
score mixed and recorded at

Scan Lab Saint Cloud
digital laboratory

Scanlab Saint Cloud
digital post-production

Sheridan Paris Airport Hotel
acknowledged assistance of

Sound One Corporation
post-production facilities

Studios d'Arpajon
sound stage

Groupe TSF
production limousines

Technovision
telescope crane

The City of Cannes
special thanks

Todd-AO Studios (West)
post-production facilities

Transpalux
electrical equipment

Universal Studios Licensing
"Double Indemnity" clip courtesy of, ©1944 by Paramount Pictures Inc.

Walker & Associates
legal consultants






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