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Nikita is a 1990 action, thriller, and drama film directed and written by Luc Besson. The cast includes Anne Parillaud, Tchéky Karyo, Jeanne Moreau, and Philippe Leroy. Produced by Patrice Ledoux and Luc Besson, the movie was filmed in Venice and set in Paris. It originated in France and Italy, with Gaumont serving as a production company. The film’s music was composed by Éric Serra and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, while Thierry Arbogast served as director of photography.
The film has a runtime of 117 minutes and was distributed by The Samuel Goldwyn Company. It received a rating of 7.2 on IMDb and 7.1 on TMDb. Nikita was nominated for the César Award for Best Actress. Derivative works include La Femme Nikita and Point of No Return. The soundtrack album was released in 1990.
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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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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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