La Femme Nikita

Original title: Nikita

1990
R
1h 57m

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

78K

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Spy Action Crime Drama Thriller

Convicted felon Nikita isn't going to jail; she's given a new identity and trained, stylishly, as a top secret spy/assassin.Convicted felon Nikita isn't going to jail; she's given a new identity and trained, stylishly, as a top secret spy/assassin.Convicted felon Nikita isn't going to jail; she's given a new identity and trained, stylishly, as a top secret spy/assassin.

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IMDb RATING

7.3/10

78K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

4,299

459

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 6 wins & 17 nominations total

Trivia
The first scene Nikita appears in was the first one Anne Parillaud shot. Despite having only one line, Luc Besson had Parillaud deliver nearly a hundred takes. She later found out that he used the second take in the movie.

Goofs
The cameraman is reflected in the bathtub when Marie takes a bath after returning from the embassy.

Quotes
Amande: There are two things that are infinite: femininity and means to take advantage of it.

Alternate versions
The English dubbed version featured John Tremaine as the voice of Tchéky Karyo's character Bob.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze/The Comfort of Strangers/Defending Your Life/Mister Johnson/La Femme Nikita (1991)

Soundtracks
Little Night Music
(translated as "La Petite Musique de Nuit")
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (as Mozart)
Performed by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Conducted by Raymond Leppard
Courtesy of Erato

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Featured review

9/10

Femme Fatale

Welcome to the world where a woman can handle a gun and be as merciless and seemingly unemotional as any man. The anti- heroine, a woman named Nikita (Anne Parillaud in a performance of her life) is given a reprieve from a death sentence by government agents that want to use her as an undercover assassin. Stylish, ultraviolent, cynical but strangely engrossing - this is a must see for the fans of clever action movies.

Director Luc Besson somehow manages to keep a high level of energy and our interest - from the opening scene a violent drugstore shootout until the very last moment.

Terrific cast include also Jean-Hughes Anglade (Queen Margot, Killing Zoe), Tcheky Karyo (Kiss of the Dragon, Addicted to Love 1997), Jeanne Moreau - the legend of the French cinema ("Jules and Jim", "Elevator to the Gallows", "Going Places"), and Jean Reno ("Leon", "Ronin")

Don't bother with the American remake (Bridgett Fonda) or TV series with the same title - see only original.