La Femme Nikita

Nikita (1990)

Timing: 1:57 (117 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1990-02-21

Country

France, Italy

Production

Gaumont, Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica, Les Films du Loup

Genre

Action, Thriller

Budget

$50 000 000

Revenue

$5 017 971

Website

https://www.gaumont.com/fr/en/film/nikita

Director

Luc Besson

Actors

Anne Parillaud, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Tchéky Karyo, Jean Reno, Marc Duret, Jeanne Moreau, Patrick Fontana, Roland Blanche, Jacques Boudet, Jean Bouise
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Luc Besson

Producer

Patrice Ledoux, Claude Besson

Operator

Thierry Arbogast

Composer

Éric Serra

Artist

Audition

Nathalie Chéron

Editing

Olivier Mauffroy
All team (50)

• At the insistence of Luc Besson, the lead actress, Anne Parillaud, spent a lot of time handling weapons to get used to them. She constantly loaded and unloaded a mock pistol even while in her car. Once, police noticed this, assumed the weapon was real, and forced the actress to stop and exit the car with her hands raised.
• Victor arrives at the embassy in a Mercedes with diplomatic license plates indicating the car belongs to the Australian embassy.
• In the restaurant scene, Nikita fires a Desert Eagle Mark VII pistol chambered in .357 Magnum, manufactured by the Israeli military state corporation Israel Military Industries.
• Filming took place from February 13 to July 10, 1989.
• At the insistence of Luc Besson, the lead actress, Anne Parillaud, spent a lot of time with weapons to get used to them. She constantly loaded and unloaded a pistol mock-up even in the car. Once, police noticed this, assumed the weapon was real, and forced the actress to stop and exit the car with her hands up.
• In the first scene featuring Anne Parillaud, she delivers only one line, yet it took around a hundred takes to film. Parillaud later learned that director Luc Besson used the second take in the film.
• Viktor arrives at the embassy in a Mercedes with diplomatic license plates indicating the car belongs to the Australian embassy.