La Femme Nikita, also called 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 policemen during an armed pharmacy robbery. Her government handlers fake her death and recruit her as a professional assassin. After intense training, she starts a career as a killer, where she struggles to balance her work with her personal life. She shows talent at this and her career progresses until a mission in an embassy goes awry.
La Femme Nikita (1990)
Directed by Luc Besson
Genres - Action-Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller |
Sub-Genres - Girls with Guns |
Release Date - Feb 21, 1990 |
Run Time - 117 min. |
MPAA Rating - R
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Movie Info
Official Site
Box Office
$5,017,971
Tags
Assassin, Cult, Espionage, Female Assassin, French, Hitwoman, Secret Government Organization, Shotgun, Undercover Agent
Attributes
Filming Location: Venice
Narrative Location: Paris
Narrative Location: Paris
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Alternate Titles
Brutálna Nikita
SK
Flickan vid namn Nikita
FI
La Femme Nikita
CA, IN, US
Nikita
AU, CA, HR, DK, EC, FI, FR, DE, GR, HU, IN, IL, IT, JP, KR, MX, NL, NO, PH, PL, RO, RS, ZA, ES, SE, TR, AE, GB, US, UY
Nikita - Dura de Matar
PT
Nikita - La cara del peligro
AR
Nikita, dura de matar
ES
Nikita: Criada para Matar
BR
Nữ Sát Thủ Nikita
VN
The Woman Nikita
FR
Tyttö nimeltä Nikita
FI
Νικίτα
GR
Її звали Нікіта
UA
Её звали Никита
RU
Нікіта
UA
Никита
BG, RU, RS
ニキータ
JP
女囚尼基塔
CN
霹靂煞
TW