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 (Sasha Luss) 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 them 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:

1990s | kgb | one woman army | spy | mexican standoff | 

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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

Did You Know?

Trivia

Dame Helen Mirren and Luke Evans appeared in The Fate of the Furious (2017) as mother and son.

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Goofs

During Anna's first modeling shoot early in the movie, she tries on dozens of outfits that weren't introduced until as late as 2017, shortly before filming took place. The computers shown throughout the offices were first-generation Apple iMac G3s (the ones with translucent plastic covers that replaced Apple's Macintosh line of desktop computers), which weren't introduced until 1998.

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Quotes

Anna: I work for the KGB, baby.

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Crazy Credits

Russian text on the box containing head of CIA agent (with Latin transliteration here): glavnaya pochta. It means "Main Post Office" but one can also read as "Head Delivery".

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Connections

Referenced in Evening Urgant: Alexander Petrov/Dmitry Romanov/Ocean Jet (2019)

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Soundtracks

Need You Tonight
Written by Michael Hutchence, Andrew Farriss
Performed by INXS
(c) Universal Music Publishing on behalf of Universal Music Publishing Int. B.V.
(c) Chardonnay Investments Ltd.
(p) 1987 Petrol Records Pty Ltd
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
With courtesy of Universal Music Publishing Film & TV
With courtesy of Warner Chappell Music France

User Reviews

Much better than Atomic Blonde n Red Sparrow. Yet to c The Villainess.

Of course the main attraction is Sasha Luss, but this film has lots of twists n turns n some decent action. Cillian Murphy n Luke Evans r lucky fellas. Comparison to La Femme Nikita is inevitable. If u like Tinkle Tailor Soldier Spy, The Double n Bridge of Spies, then u will like this too. Another good aspect bah this film is that this time they haven't shown the gloomy, sad n isolated parts of Russia but more of the urbann colorful parts.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site Official Site [Japan]

Country:

France USA Canada Russia

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:

$31,626,978

Company Credits

Production Co:

Summit Entertainment, EuropaCorp, TF1 Films Production

Technical Specs

Runtime:

118 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1