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Femme Fatale (1991)
Director: André Guttfreund
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From Time Out Film Guide
Joseph (Firth) meets enigmatic Cynthia (Lisa Zane) at his nature centre. A brief courtship and marriage follow, but when Cynthia walks out on the eve of their honeymoon, the distraught groom embarks on a search of her old Los Angeles neighbourhood, and discovers that she is not who he thought she was. The path to discovery is difficult - not so much for Joseph as for the weary viewer. The camera roves around a landscape scattered with affected sycophants and wide-eyed drug dealers before jolting on, periodically, into flashbacks of life in the countryside. With each bizarre revelation, the film descends further into hysterical nonsense.Author: CM
Cast & crew
Director: André Guttfreund
Producer: Andrew Lane, Nancy Rae Stone
Cast: Colin Firth, Lisa Zane, Billy Zane, Scott Wilson, Lisa Blount, Carmine Caridi full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 96 mins
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