Brian De Palma‘s upcoming film Passion is an adaptation of the Kristin Scott Thomas and Ludivine Sagnier French thriller Crime d’Amour (Love Crime), described as a caustic tale of office politics likened to Dangerous Liaisons meets Working Girl and The Playlist brings us the above first look at Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace in the film as mentor and ingenue in a story focusing on the clash of their two competing egos.
The Playlist also offers this full synopsis:
An erotic thriller in the tradition of Dressed To Kill and Basic Instinct, Brian de Palma’s PASSION tells the story of a deadly power struggle between two women in the dog-eat-dog world of international business. Christine possesses the natural elegance and casual ease associated with one who has a healthy relationship with money and power. Innocent, lovely and easily exploited, her admiring protege Isabelle is full of cutting-edge ideas that Christine has no qualms about stealing. They’re on the same team, after all… Christine takes pleasure in exercising control over the younger woman, leading her one step at a time ever deeper into a game of seduction and manipulation, dominance and humiliation. But when Isabelle falls into bed with one of Christine’s lovers, war breaks out. On the night of the murder, Isabelle is at the ballet, while Christine receives an invitation to seduction. From whom? Christine loves surprises. Naked she goes to meet the mystery lover waiting in her bedroom…
The film co-stars Dominic Cooper and Karoline Herfurth and I’ve included the trailer for Alain Corneau’s original 2010 French film below, which is available to watch on NetFlix Instant if you’re curious.
