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Nikita is a 1990 action thriller film directed and written by Luc Besson. The movie features Anne Parillaud, Tchéky Karyo, Jeanne Moreau, and Philippe Leroy in the cast. It was produced by Patrice Ledoux and Luc Besson through Gaumont, with additional production companies including Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica, Les Films du Loup, and Tiger Cinematografica. The film originates from France and Italy and was distributed by The Samuel Goldwyn Company.
The narrative is set in Paris, with filming taking place in Venice. The original languages are Italian and French. The score was composed by Éric Serra and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The runtime is 117 minutes. The film has received review scores of 7.1 out of 10, 90%, and 65 out of 100. It was nominated for the César Award for Best Actress. Derivative works include La Femme Nikita and Point of No Return.
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Film · TMDB
7.1A beautiful felon, sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a policeman, is given a second chance – as a secret political assassin controlled by the government.
Cast
- Anne Parillaud as Nikita
- Jean-Hugues Anglade as Marco
- Tchéky Karyo as Bob
- Jean Reno as Victor, the Cleaner
- Marc Duret as Rico
- Jeanne Moreau as Armande
Themes
- undercover agent
- venice, italy
- shotgun
- secret identity
- drugstore
- special unit
- romance
- secret government organization
- hitwoman
- female assassin
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Key facts
- French
- Nikita
- Directed by
- Luc Besson
- Written by
- Luc Besson
- Produced by
- Patrice Ledoux
- Starring
- Anne Parillaud Jean-Hugues Anglade Tchéky Karyo Jeanne Moreau Jean Bouise Jean Reno Philippe Leroy-Beaulieu Roland Blanche Jacques Boudet
- Cinematography
- Thierry Arbogast
- Edited by
- Olivier Mauffroy
- Music by
- Éric Serra
- Production companies
- Gaumont Les Films Du Loup Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica
- Distributed by
- Gaumont Distribution (France) Penta Distribuzione (Italy)
- Release dates
- 21 February 1990 ( 1990-02-21 ) (France) 17 August 1990 ( 1990-08-17 ) (Italy)
- Running time
- 117 minutes
- Countries
- France Italy
- Language
- French
- Budget
- 39 million F, (€ 5.6 million)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- girls with guns
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Original language
- French
- Director
- Luc Besson
- Screenwriter
- Luc Besson
- Composer
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Producer
- Luc Besson
- Cinematographer
- Thierry Arbogast
- Narrative location
- Paris
- Filming location
- Venice
- Duration
- 117
- FilmAffinity ID
- 955052
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Anne Parillaud Cannes.jpg
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- publication date
- 1990-00-00
- title
- Nikita
- distributed by
- The Samuel Goldwyn Company
- capital cost
- 39000000
- nominated for
- César Award for Best Actress
- derivative work
- Point of No Return
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- different from
- Nikita
- review score
- 65/100
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Encyclopedic overview
La Femme Nikita, released as Nikita in France, is a 1990 French-language action thriller film written and directed by Luc Besson. The film stars Anne Parillaud as the title character, a criminal who is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a policeman during the armed robbery of a pharmacy. Her government handlers fake her death and recruit her as a professional assassin. After intense training, she starts a career as a killer, in which she struggles to balance her work with her personal life.
Besson has said that he wrote Nikita with Parillaud, then his romantic partner, in mind. The film was considered a surprise hit. Roger Ebert called it a "smart, hard-edged, psycho-romantic thriller" in his review. Janet Maslin wrote in The New York Times: "La Femme Nikita combines hip violence, punk anomie, lavish settings and an old-fashioned paean to the power of love."
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