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Actors: Anne Parillaud, Tchéky Karyo, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Jean Reno, Jeanne Moreau
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about La Femme Nikita |
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LA FEMME NIKITA is a movie written and directed by Luc Besson in 1990. Nine nominations for the french Academy Awards.
Nikita, a drug-addicted teenager just condemned to a life-time sentence for murder, is recruited by a secret governmental organization. During a three years period, she will be trained in all kind of fields so that she becomes
a perfect killer. Once released, she will try to live a normal life with Jean-Hugues Anglade but will be regularly asked by his employer to accomplish dirty missions. For how long will Nikita have to pay her debt to the government?
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of La Femme Nikita |
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Spying & Terrorists
Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
- main char doing spying/sabotage
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- killer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/butch/lez (woman)
Body type
- skinny (woman)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- muscular (man)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- fight for survival
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Italy
- France
Water?
Yes
Water:
- pleasure/love boat
Misc setting
- prison
- resort/hotel
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
- seeing breasts
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 2 (a little)
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
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