Femme Fatale (2002)

dir. Brian De Palma

Many thanks to Lois for taking additional pictures for me.

Laura (Rebecca Romijn) participates in a diamond heist at the Cannes Film Festival – Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, Boulevard de la Croisette, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France.

Nicolas Bardo's (Antonio Banderas) apartment – 11 Rue d'Eupatoria, Paris, France.

The church – Notre Dame de la Croix, 3 Place de Ménilmontant, Paris, France.

Laura goes to a hotel – Sheraton Paris Airport Hotel, BP 35051 Tremblay en France, Tremblay en France, Roissy, France.

The American embassy – 7 Rond-Point des Champs Elysées, Paris, France. The real embassy is located at Rue Gabriel.

The embassy chief of security (Greg Henry) calls Nicolas – Place François 1er, Paris, France.

The café "Le Paradis" – 5 Rue Julien Lacroix, Paris, France. This is actually a bakery.

Laura’s accomplice Veronica (Rie Rasmussen) walks into an ambush – 40 Rue Étienne Dolet, Paris, France.

A truck is coming from around the corner – Rue Étienne Dolet at Rue Julien Lacroix, Paris, France.

Laura goes to buy a gun – 50 Boulevard de Clichy, Paris, France.

Nicolas watching Laura from across the street – 33b Boulevard de Clichy, Paris, France.

Nicolas is arrested by the police – 43 Rue des Marmonites, Paris, France.

Laura and Nicolas waiting for the American ambassador (Peter Coyote) to deliver the ransom – Passerelle Debilly, Paris, France.

Lily’s house – Still searching for this location

The finale – Rue Julien Lacroix at Rue Étienne Dolet, Paris, France.

See also...

Final Analysis

Basic Instinct

Obsession (1976)

dir. Brian De Palma

Many thanks to Lois taking the pictures for me in San Giminiano and Fiesole.

The opening credits – Basilica di San Miniato al Monte, Via delle Porte Sante 34, Florence, Italy

Michael Courtland’s (Cliff Robertson) house – Colonel Short's Villa, 1448 Fourth Street, New Orleans, Louisiana.

The kidnappers’ house – Still searching for this location

The ransom drop – Bermuda Street Wharf, New Orleans, Louisiana. The wharf has since been demolished.

The bridge where Courtland’s wife dies in a car explosion – Henry Ford Bridge, Long Beach, California. This is the original bridge that provided the only railroad link to Terminal Island from the mainland until 1996, when it was replaced by a new bridge.

Courtland visits a monument he has had built in his wife’s memory – Pontchartrain Park, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Courtland’s office – One Shell Square, 701 Poydras Street, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Courtland and Robert LaSalle (John Lithgow) walking with their Italian partners – Piazzale degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy.

Courtland and LaSalle talking with their Italian partners – Lungarno degli Archibusieri with a view of the Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Italy.

Courtland and LaSalle in a restaurant – Rivoire, Piazza della Signoria 5, Florence, Italy.

Courtland revisits the church where he first met his wife and encounters her lookalike Sandra (Geneviève Bujold) – Basilica di San Miniato al Monte, Via delle Porte Sante 34, Florence, Italy

The church interior – Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta, Piazza del Duomo, San Gimignano, Italy.

The panorama of Florence from the Basilica di San Miniato al Monte

Courtland following Sandra on a bridge – Ponte Santa Trinita, Florence, Italy. The first view is toward the Ponte alla Carraia, and the second one is toward the Ponte Vecchio.

The hospital where Sandra visits her mother – Antico Ospedale San Giovanni di Dio, Borgo Ognissanti 20, Florence, Italy

Courtland following Sandra to the street where she lives – Via dei Girolami, Florence, Italy

Courtland and LaSalle’s hotel exterior – Ospedale degli Innocenti, Piazza della Santissima Annunziata 12, Florence, Italy

Courtland having lunch with Sandra – La Loggia, Piazzale Michelangelo 1, Florence, Italy

Courtland walking with Sandra – Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Italy

Sandra's apartment – Via dei Girolami 18, Florence, Italy

Sandra tells Courtland the story of Dante and Beatrice – Palazzo Comunale, Piazza del Duomo, San Gimignano, Italy.

The cemetery – Cimitero di Fiesole, Via del Cimitero 1, Fiesole, Florence, Italy

The church where Courtland and Sandra planning to have their wedding – St. Louis Cathedral, 615 Pere Antoine Alley, New Orleans, Louisiana.

LaSalle’s house – St. Charles Avenue at Audubon Place, New Orleans, Louisiana.

The bank – Hibernia National Bank, 313 Carondelet Street, New Orleans, Louisiana.

The airport – Los Angeles International Airport, 1 World Way, Los Angeles, California. Many thanks to Tom for this information.

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Vertigo

Don't Look Now