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BFI identifier
356263

Title

NIKITA (Original)

La FEMME NIKITA (Alternative)

Date
1990 (Copyright)
Production country
France, Italy
Production company
Société Nouvelle des Etablissements Gaumont, Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica
Synopsis
A violent and inarticulate girl is convicted of a police-killing and sentenced to life imprisonment. However, the State fakes her death in prison and sends her to be re-educated as a special service hitwoman. (Synopsis)

Category

Fiction

Genre
Thriller
Credits
Director: Luc Besson
Production Company: Société Nouvelle des Etablissements Gaumont
Production Company: Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica
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Cast
Anne Parillaud (Nikita)
Jean-Hugues Anglade (Marco)
Tchéky Karyo (Bob)
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Collections
Film / Video
VHS cassette - Video - Viewing
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Stills
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00n-5uh
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00n-5ug
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00n-5uf
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00n-5ue
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00n-5ud
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Articles
El Amante Cine n36 February 1995 - Interview
Empire n34 April 1992 - Article
Interview v21 n2 February 1991 - Interview
Screen International n746 3 Mar 1990
Positif n350 April 1990
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Books
Dead ringers: the remake in theory and practice - 2002
Didn't you used to be Depardieu? Film as cultural marker in France and Hollywood - 2002
France on film: reflections on popular french cinema - 2001
French film: texts and contexts - 2000
Histoire de Nikita - 1992
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Work - 356263 - 1990 (Copyright)

France - Film - Fiction
- NIKITA (1990)
  Item - C-757969 - Video - Viewing
  
  - VHS cassette