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Colombiana
Sign in to saveColombiana is a 2011 French English-language action thriller film co-written and produced by Luc Besson and directed by Olivier Megaton. The film stars Zoe Saldaña with supporting roles by Michael Vartan, Cliff Curtis, Lennie James, Callum Blue, and Jordi Mollà. The film is about Cataleya, a nine-year-old girl in Colombia whose family is killed by a drug lord. Fifteen years later, a grown Cataleya seeks her revenge.
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Colombiana is a 2011 English-language action drama film directed by Olivier Megaton and written by Robert Mark Kamen and Luc Besson, who also produced the movie. The cast includes Zoe Saldaña, Amandla Stenberg, Michael Vartan, and Lennie James. The narrative focuses on revenge and features a female assassin, with settings in Colombia and Chicago. Filming took place in New Orleans, Mexico, and Chicago.
The film was produced by EuropaCorp, Canal+, A.J.O.Z. Films, Grive Productions, and CinéCinéma, originating from France. It was distributed by EuropaCorp, Netflix, and Disney+ in formats including video on demand and DVD. The runtime is 108 minutes, and the score was composed by Nathaniel Méchaly. The budget was 40,000,000, with reported box office revenues of 60,965,854 and 71,508,440.
Critical assessments include a Bechdel test evaluation and review scores of 4.9, 45/100, and 28%. Audience ratings are listed as 6.4 on IMDb and 6.638 on TMDb. The film is associated with keywords such as street gang, uncle, and witness to murder. Its tagline is "Revenge is beautiful."
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6.6After witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, Cataleya Restrepo grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she hopes will lead her to her ultimate target: the mobster responsible for her parents' death.
Cast
- Zoe Saldaña as Cataleya Restrepo
- Cliff Curtis as Emilio
- Callum Blue as Richard
- Michael Vartan as Danny Delanay
- Lennie James as Special Agent Ross
- Amandla Stenberg as Cataleya Restrepo (Age10)
Themes
- street gang
- uncle
- female assassin
- witness to murder
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Colombiana
- Film.image
- Colombiana.jpg
- Film.alt
- A woman holding a gun in two hands, as if in prayer.
- Film.caption
- French theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Olivier Megaton
- Film.writer
- Luc BessonRobert Mark Kamen
- Film.producer
- Luc BessonAriel Zeitoun
- Film.cinematography
- Romain Lacourbas
- Film.editing
- Camille Delamarre
- Film.music
- Nathaniel Méchaly
- Film.studio
- EuropaCorpTF1 Films ProductionGrive ProductionsCanal+
- Film.distributor
- EuropaCorp Distribution
- Film.runtime
- 108 minutes
- Film.country
- France
- Film.language
- English Spanish
- Film.budget
- $40 million
- Film.gross
- $63.5 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- vigilante film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- revenge
- Director
- Olivier Megaton
- Screenwriter
- Luc Besson
- Cast member
- Sam Douglas
- Composer
- Nathaniel Méchaly
- Production company
- Canal+
- Narrative location
- Chicago
- Filming location
- Chicago
- Duration
- 108
- FilmAffinity ID
- 143531
- Distribution format
- DVD
- Official website
- www.colombiana-movie.com
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- publication date
- 2011-09-15
- title
- Colombiana
- distributed by
- Disney+
- film editor
- Camille Delamarre
- capital cost
- 40000000
- box office
- 60965854
- review score
- 28%
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- Controversy
- Box office
- Sequel
- See also
- References
- External links
Colombiana is a 2011 French English-language action thriller film co-written and produced by Luc Besson and directed by Olivier Megaton. The film stars Zoe Saldaña with supporting roles by Michael Vartan, Cliff Curtis, Lennie James, Callum Blue, and Jordi Mollà. The film is about Cataleya, a nine-year-old girl in Colombia whose family is killed by a drug lord. Fifteen years later, a grown Cataleya seeks her revenge.
The film had a generally unfavorable reception from critics, but Saldaña's performance and action sequences were praised. It grossed $63.4 million against a $40 million production budget.
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