She murders. So she can live.
A beautiful felon, sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a policeman, is given a second chance – as a secret political assassin controlled by the government.
ActionThrillerundercover agentvenice, italyshotgunsecret identitydrugstorespecial unitromancesecret government organizationhitwomanfemale assassindrug stealinggovernment assassin
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Character
Earnest, grave, contemporary and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Anne ParillaudNikita
- Jean-Hugues AngladeMarco
- Tchéky KaryoBob
- Jean RenoVictor, the Cleaner
- Marc DuretRico
- Jeanne MoreauArmande
- Patrick FontanaCoyotte
- Roland BlancheInterrogation Cop
- Jacques BoudetThe Pharmacist
- Jean BouiseThe Embassy Attaché
Crew
- Luc BessonDirector
- Luc BessonWriter
- Thierry ArbogastDirector of Photography
- Éric SerraOriginal Music Composer
- Olivier MauffroyEditor
- Patrice LedouxProducer
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Pairings
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