Flawless is a 2007 British fictional heist crime film directed by Michael Radford, written by Edward Anderson, and starring Michael Caine and Demi Moore. It premiered 11 February 2007 in Germany. The film had a limited release in the United States on 28 March 2008.
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A reporter arrives at a restaurant to interview Laura Quinn, the only woman ever to serve as a manager at the London Diamond Corporation, for a puff piece on early female professionals. Quinn places a box on the table, opens it to reveal a massive diamond, and calmly states, “I stole it.” The reporter, stunned, assumes she has spent her life in prison.
The narrative flashes back to 1960, when Quinn works as a manager at the London Diamond Corporation. Despite her talent and diligence, she has been passed over for promotion six times. The company’s janitor, Mr. Hobbs, privately warns her that she is about to be dismissed and proposes a plan to steal a small quantity of diamonds, enough for them to retire comfortably but not enough to be noticed. Facing limited prospects and weary of being undervalued, Quinn reluctantly agrees. At a company president’s gala, she acquires the vault’s combination codes.
Quinn and Hobbs develop a plan that relies on a flaw in the corporation’s new camera system. On the day of the heist, however, Hobbs seizes the entire contents of the vault, nearly two tons of diamonds, and through an intermediary demands a £100 million ransom. The head of the insurance syndicate at King’s Row is forced to pay, which leaves him financially ruined. Quinn, who never agreed to such a massive theft, realizes she has been drawn into a far more dangerous scheme.
