The rivalry between the manipulative boss of an advertising agency and her talented protégée escalates from stealing credit to public humiliation to murder.
Direction
De Palma's split-screen obsession reaches chaotic perfection.
Cinematography
Neon-noir lighting that screams 'I cost too much.'
Acting
McAdams chewing scenery like it's her last meal.
Director
Brian De Palma
Rachel McAdams
Christine Stanford
Noomi Rapace
Isabelle James
Karoline Herfurth
Dani Wirth
Paul Anderson
Dirk Harriman
Dominic Raacke
J.J. Koch
Rainer Bock
Inspector Bach
Benjamin Sadler
Prosecutor
Michael Rotschopf
Attorney Isabelle
Max Urlacher
Rolf
Jörg Pintsch
Mark
Trystan Pütter
Eric
Patrick Heyn
Manager
Melissa Holroyd
Beate
Ian T. Dickinson
Detective
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
A remake of Alain Corneau's 2010 French thriller Love Crime, which Rapace also starred in—she's literally competing with her own past performance.
The perfume ad within the film mirrors the movie's own reception: divisive, excessive, and obsessed with surfaces. De Palma knew exactly what he was doing.
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