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Title: La Femme Nikita (1990)
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| Anne Parillaud | ... | Nikita / Marie Clément | |
| Marc Duret | ... | Rico | |
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Patrick Fontana | ... | Coyotte |
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Alain Lathière | ... | Zap |
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Laura Chéron | ... | La punk |
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Jacques Boudet | ... | Le pharmacien |
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Helene Aligier | ... | La pharmacienne |
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Pierre-Alain de Garrigues | ... | Flic pharmacie |
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Patrick Pérez | ... | Flic pharmacie (as Patrick Perez) |
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Bruno Randon | ... | Flic pharmacie |
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Vincent Skimenti | ... | Flic pharmacie |
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Roland Blanche | ... | Flic interrogatoire |
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Joseph Teruel | ... | Stagiaire flic |
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Jacques Disses | ... | Avocat |
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Stéphane Fey | ... | Président tribunal (as Stephane Fey) |
Nikita est très jeune, elle a vingt ans, mais elle a emprunté une mauvaise voie. Pendant un hold-up avec sa bande, elle tue un policier et est condamnée à la prison à vie. Les services secrets, par contre, lui offrent une voie de sortie : devenir un agent spécial, prêt à tout, à leur service. Nikita accepte et commence ainsi un apprentissage très dur qui concerne non seulement les différents modes de tuer, de prendre la fuite ou de faire face à des situations imprévues, mais aussi la manière de se comporter en femme qui a de la classe, capable de se conduire avec aisance dans tous les milieux. Sous la conduite de Bob, Nikita arrive à freiner son caractère rebelle et à surmonter la terrible épreuve finale. Elle semble être devenue une personne différente et tombe amoureuse. Mais faut-il faire confiance aux services secrets ? Written by Baldinotto da Pistoia
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Anne Parillaud is phenomenal as a terrifyingly vulnerable, beautiful and human young anti-hero with an incredible talent for violence. A drug-addict murderous teen is given a second chance by a government agency looking to exploit her penchant for conscience-less killing. Mentored by a man whose compassion for her is only matched by his ambition and Machiavellian sadism, Nikita ventures on a roller-coaster ride leading a double-life as assassin and clean-living young woman in love. Her passionate affair with Marco and the clarity of her un-drugged consciousness, combine to promote the development of a conscience - a dangerous thing in her line of work. Nikita is, nevertheless, a victim of her circumstances, and like the rest of the characters on both sides, seems stuck in a very bad situation. In addition to the artistry with which this story is told, this film has a very nihilistic sense of justice and not-so-subtly points out the fact that state authorized murder is still murder.
Jean Reno fans will enjoy his brief typecast cameo as "the cleaner".
This is one of the best, if not the best, of Besson's films. It is extremely well paced, starkly and beautifully shot, and features some of the best acting and writing of the entire action genre. The script is just a little better in French than English. Nikita does not have the feel of an action film, but rather, feels like a fatalistic drama riddled with almost continuous tragedy and heartbreak, and spiced with just a tad of hope. Parillaud's multi-layered and complex construction of her character is so mesmerizing that it is frankly difficult to think of anything else while attempting to reflect on this film.