Anna (2019)

Beneath Anna Poliatova's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world's most feared government assassins.

Director:

Luc Besson

Writer:

Luc Besson (screenplay)

Stars:

Sasha Luss, Helen Mirren, Luke Evans

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sasha Luss	...	Anna
Helen Mirren	...	Olga
Luke Evans	...	Alex Tchenkov
Cillian Murphy	...	Lenny Miller
Lera Abova	...	Maude
Alexander Petrov	...	Piotr
Nikita Pavlenko	...	Vlad
Anna Krippa	...	Nika
Aleksey Maslodudov	...	Jimmy
Eric Godon	...	Vassiliev
Ivan Franek	...	Mossan
Jean-Baptiste Puech	...	Samy
Adrian Can	...	John
Alison Wheeler	...	Dorothée
Andrew Howard	...	Oleg

Storyline

Anna is a young beautiful girl who managed to make a career in the fashion world. More recently, she was a simple model from Moscow, but in a very short time she was able to enter the elite. Once she entered the hotel of an influential and very dangerous person, after which a whole mountain of corpses was discovered there. The girl is being interrogated by special services, but she has absolutely nothing to tell on this fact. She looks scared, and no one suspects her. Anna goes free and begins preparing for a new business. Under the guise of a fragile beauty, is hiding the world's most dangerous assassin, who has not yet misfired.

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Plot Keywords:

mexican standoff | phone booth | telephone booth | telephone call | vacation | 

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Taglines:

Never Make the Weapon the Target

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Genres:

Action | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence, language, and some sexual content

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

France

Language:

English Russian French

Release Date:

21 June 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Anna

Filming Locations:

Studios de Paris, La Cité du Cinéma, Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France

Box Office

Budget:

EUR30,690,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$3,600,647, 23 June 2019

Gross USA:

$7,743,794

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$30,918,726

Company Credits

Production Co:

EuropaCorp, TF1 Films Production, OCS

Technical Specs

Runtime:

119 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Director Luc Besson was accused of sexual misconduct during production of the film. Although no charges were filed due to lack of evidence, the studio and distributors subsequently distanced themselves from the movie, releasing it without official screenings and with only a minimum of publicity. The film, which was supposed to be the breakthrough for model-turned-actress Sasha Luss, only made $30 million worldwide, which could mean the end for Besson's EuropaCorp studio, that was already struggling from his previous box office flop, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017).

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Goofs

At 00:46:29, during the top-down shot of Anna entering her new apartment, multiple cars which were made in 2000's-2010's can be seen. For example, right in the middle of the shot there's what seems to be Citroen C4 that was first released in 2004, but the scene takes place in 1990-1991.

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Quotes

Piotr: If it wasn't for me you'd be on the streets turning tricks for meals

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Connections

References La Femme Nikita (1990)

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Soundtracks

My Beauty
Written by Yann Brunissen, Stéphane Chenu, Ludovic Piquemal
(c) Universal Music Publishing on behalf of EDS Production, and Leo and Co.
With courtesy of Universal Music Publishing Film & TV
(p) 2017 EDS Production under exclusive license of Jo&Go

User Reviews

Entertaining

This was a good watch. It has its color and tone, casting and acting is consistent with these. Witty and entertaining, had fun watching it. To give this one a 1 to 3 is taking it and oneself too seriously ... to the point of a bit pathetic.