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• Nikita, also known as La Femme Nikita, is a French movie about Nikita Taylor (Anne Parillaud), a convicted heroin addict, who is given a chance at freedom in exchange for becoming a trained assassin for a top secret agency.

  
  But once she graduates from her training and begins her life in Paris as a secret assassin, she falls in love, and struggles to maintain a normal life with her boyfriend while keeping her dangerous life as a killer hidden from him.

  Nikita was nominated for nine César Awards, with Anne Parillaud winning the Best Actress category.

  A 1993 American remake called Point of No Return, starring Bridget Fonda, Gabriel Byrne and Dermot Mulroney received poor reviews and a lukewarm reception at the box office.

• Fast Facts

  1. Director and writer: Luc Besson
  2. Release Date: February 21, 1990
  3. Runtime: 115 minutes
  4. Starring: Anne Parillaud, Jeanne Moreau, Jean Reno, [[Tchéky Karyo]], Jean-Hugues Anglade
  5. La Femme Nikita spawned a U.S. TV show of the same name in 1997, starring Peta Wilson

• Trivia

  1. The strange gun that Nikita uses in Venice is a silenced Steyr AUG, an Austrian made assault rifle.
  2. Luc Besson and Anne Parillaud, now divorced, have one child together.

• Movie Quotes

  1. Amande: "There are two things that are infinite: femininity and means to take advantage of it."
  2. Amande: "Let your pleasure be your guide."

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