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A slick, psycho-romantic thriller.
Nikita (Anne Parillaudis) is young and pretty,
but has already gone to the bad. During a hold up of a pharmacy
(drug store) with her drug-crazed criminal gang, she deliberately
kills a policemen, coldly shooting him in the face at point blank
range .
She is condemned to prison for life, but the
French secret services, looking for cold blooded killers, have
identified the potential in her. They offer her an alternative
future. If she proves herself, she could become a secret agent
herself. She accepts and starts a hard apprenticeship.
Her death is faked. She finds herself part of
a secret government program that takes no-hopers like her, and
turns them into professional assassins. She learns not only to
kill - not so difficult for her - but also to think and behave
like a lady.
Trained by Bob, she becomes a different person.
After three years, she is ready to leave the training facility
and live an apparently ordinary life until the government needs
her.
By the time her first real test arrives, we
are pretty much on her side, as she is now leading a normal life
and has fallen in love with a gentle humorous man.
This is one of the best transformation movies
ever - the ultimate in character development. Anne Parillaudis
brilliantly portrays feral hostility in the early scenes, and
her transformation into a new person is entirely credible. It
is a joy watching an immoral street wretch gradually awaken to
become an attractive accomplished woman.
It isalso a surprisingly touching movie - one
of the best of Besson's films. It is finely paced and beautifully
shot, with some of the best acting and writing of the genre. The
script too is exellent.
If you like some substance to your action movies,
this comes very highly recommended.
Predictably, there has been a weak American
remake (Point of No Return). There is also a spin-off television
series, also called La Femme Nikita, which shares with the original
very little except a title.
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Genre: Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Year 1990
Runtime: 115 min
Directed by Luc Besson
Writing credits Luc Besson
Produced by
Patrice Ledoux — producer
Claude Besson — executive producer
Luc Besson — co-producer
Mario Cecchi Gori — co-producer
Vittorio Cecchi Gori — co-producer
Country: France & Italy
Original Music by Eric Serra
Cinematography by Thierry Arbogast
Colour: Eastmancolor
Sound Mix: Dolby SR
Cast
Anne Parillaud —Nikita
Marc Duret — Rico
Patrick Fontana — Coyotte
Alain Lathière — Zap
Laura Chéron — La punk
Jacques Boudet — Le pharmacien
Helene Aligier — La pharmacienne
Pierre-Alain de Garrigues — Flic pharmacie
Patrick Pérez — Flic pharmacie
Bruno Randon — Flic pharmacie
Vincent Skimenti — Flic pharmacie
Roland Blanche — Flic interrogatoire
Joseph Teruel — Stagiaire flic
Jacques Disses — Avocat
Stéphane Fey — President tribunal
Philippe Dehesdin — 1er magistrat
Michel Brunot — 2ème magistrat
Rodolph Freytt — 1er infirmier
Pavel Slaby — 2ème infirmier
Tchéky Karyo — Bob
Jean-Luc Caron — Professeur d'informatique
Rénos Mandis — Professeur de tir
Jean-Marc Merchet — Professeur de judo
Jeanne Moreau — Amande
Philippe Leroy Beaulieu — Grossman
Patrick Serrière — Chauffeur Bob
Iska Khan — Homme restaurant
Heike Fisher — Femme restaurant
Patrick Buiquangda — 1er garde du corps
Eddie Gaydu — 2ème garde du corps
Jose Steinmann — 3ème garde du corps
Philippe Hernando — 4ème garde du
corps
Gérard Touratier — Gardien porte
blindée
Jean Bedin — Armurier
Edith Perret — Dame agence
Jean-Hugues Anglade — Marco
Jean-Pierre Pauty — Homme bar hôtel
Michel Campa — Homme ècoute
Murray Gronwall — Responsable hôtel
Pierrick Charpentier — Flic hôtel
Rafael Sultan — Flic hôtel
Hubert Gillet — Flic hôtel
Fausto Costantino — Garde du corps
Roberto Talanno — Serveur hôtel Venise
Pétronille Moss — Serveuse salon
de thé
Eric Prat — Agent immobilier
Mia Frye — Femme pressée
Olivier Hémon — Homme en retard
Philippe Du Janerand — Ambassadeur - Jules
Christian Gazio — Garde ambassadeur
Jérôme Chalou — Chauffeur
ambassadeur
Jean Reno — Victor nettoyeur
Jean-Claude Bolle-Reddat — Gardien ambassade
Jean Bouise — L'attaché ambassade
Patrick Chauveau — Gardien ambassade
Maurice Antoni — Gardien ambassade
Mathieu Archer — Flic Bob
Alexis Dupuy — Flic Bob
Michèle Amiel — Femme police
Guy Van Riet — Flic paternel
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Title
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Year |
Director |
Genre |
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1. |
Jean de Florette / Manon des Sources |
1986 |
Claude Berri. |
Historical drama / modernised Greek
Tragedy |
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2. |
Gazon Maudit |
1995 |
Josiane Balasko |
Comedy |
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3. |
Le Retour de Martin Guerre |
1982 |
Daniel Vigne |
Historical Drama |
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4. |
La Cage Aux Folles |
1978 |
Edouard Molinaro |
Comedy |
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5. |
Delicatessen |
1991 |
Marc Caro & Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
Comedy, Sci-Fi |
|
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| |
6. |
Belle
de Jour |
1967 |
Luis Buñuel |
Erotic Drama |
|
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| |
7. |
La
Belle et la Bête |
1946 |
Jean Cocteau |
Drama, Fantasy |
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8. |
Jules et Jim |
1961 |
François Truffaut |
Drama, Romance |
|
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9. |
Diva |
1981 |
Jean-Jacques Beineix |
Thriller, Drama, Music |
|
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10. |
Jésus
de Montréal |
1989 |
Denys Arcand |
Drama |
|
|
| |
11. |
Ma Vie en Rose |
1997 |
Alain Berliner |
Comedy Drama |
|
|
| |
12. |
Un Coeur En Hiver |
1992 |
Claude Sautet |
Romantic Drama |
|
|
| |
13. |
Monsieur
Hire |
1989 |
Patrice Leconte |
Drama, Crime, Thriller, Romance |
|
|
| |
14. |
La Femme Nikita |
1990 |
Luc Besson |
Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama, Romance |
|
|
| |
15. |
Le
Placard |
2001 |
Francis Veber |
comedy Drama |
|
|
| |
16. |
La
Reine Margot |
1994 |
Patrice Chéreau |
Historical Drama. |
|
|
| |
17. |
Betty
Blue |
1986 |
Jean-Jacques Beineix |
Romantic Drama |
|
|
| |
18. |
Le
Grand Bleu |
1988 |
Luc Besson |
Romantic Drama |
|
|
| |
19. |
La
Controverse de Valladolid |
1992 |
Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe |
Historical Drama |
|
|
| |
20. |
Amélie |
2001 |
Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
Comedy, Drama, Romance |
|
|
| |
21. |
Les Visiteurs |
1993 |
Jean-Marie Poiré |
Fantasy, Comedy |
|
|
| |
22. |
Une
Hirondelle a Fait Le Printemps |
2001 |
Christian Carion |
Comedy Drama |
|
|
| |
23. |
Blue
(Three Colors Trilogy) |
1993 |
Krzysztof Kieslowski |
Drama |
|
|
| |
24. |
White
(Three Colors Trilogy) |
1994 |
Krzysztof Kieslowski |
Drama |
|
|
| |
25. |
Red
(Three Colors Trilogy) |
1994 |
Krzysztof Kieslowski |
Drama |
|
|
| |
26. |
Breathless |
1959 |
Jean-Luc Godard |
Drama |
|
|
| |
27. |
Caché |
2005 |
Michael Haneke |
Drama |
|
|
| |
28. |
La Cité des Enfants Perdus |
1995 |
Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro |
Fantasy Drama |
|
|
| |
29. |
Ridicule |
1996 |
Patrice Leconte |
Historical (18thC) Drama |
|
|
| |
30. |
The
Last Metro |
1980 |
Francois Truffaut |
Historical (WW2) Drama |
|
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31. |
8 Femmes
|
2001 |
Francois Ozon |
Drama |
|
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32. |
Les
Enfants du Paradis |
1945 |
Marcel Carne |
Drama |
|
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33. |
Le Charme Discret de la Bourgeoisie |
1972. |
Luis Buñuel |
Surreal Black Comedy |
|
|
| | 34. |
La
Pianiste |
2001 |
Michael Haneke |
Drama |
|
|
| |
35. |
Les
Quatre Cent Coups |
1959 |
Francois Truffaut |
Drama |
|
|
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36. |
La
Haine |
1995 |
Mathieu Kassovitz |
Drama |
|
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| |
37. |
Swimming
Pool |
2003 |
Francois Ozon |
Psychological Thriller and Mystery |
|
|
| |
38. |
Cyrano
de Bergerac |
1990 |
Jean-Paul Rappeneau |
Historical (18C) Drama / Romance |
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39. |
Hiroshima,
Mon Amour |
1959 |
Alain Resnais |
Romantic Drama |
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40. |
La
Fille sur Le Pont |
1999 |
Patrice Leconte |
Drama, Comedy, Romance |
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41. |
La
Double Vie de Véronique |
1991 |
Krzysztof Kieslowski, |
Psychological Drama |
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42. |
La
Lectrice |
1988
|
Michel Deville |
Drama, Comedy |
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43. |
Lunes de Fiel (Bitter Moon) |
1992
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Roman Polanski |
Sado-masochistic Erotic Drama |
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