---
title: 'Nikita (1990)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Luc Besson'
released: '1990-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 117
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/nikita-1990'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100263/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Nikita (1990)

1990 · 117 min · Drama, Action, Thriller · France, Italy


## Synopsis

La Femme Nikita, released as Nikita in France, is a 1990 French-language action thriller film written and directed by Luc Besson. The film stars Anne Parillaud as the title character, a criminal who is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a policeman during the armed robbery of a pharmacy. Her government handlers fake her death and recruit her as a professional assassin. After intense training, she starts a career as a killer, in which she struggles to balance her work with her personal life.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Luc Besson](https://cinepixo.com/people/luc-besson)
- **Screenplay:** [Luc Besson](https://cinepixo.com/people/luc-besson)
- **Producer:** [Luc Besson](https://cinepixo.com/people/luc-besson), [Patrice Ledoux](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrice-ledoux)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart), [Éric Serra](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-serra)
- **Director of Photography:** [Thierry Arbogast](https://cinepixo.com/people/thierry-arbogast)
- **Editor:** [Olivier Mauffroy](https://cinepixo.com/people/olivier-mauffroy)

## Cast

- [Jean Bouise](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-bouise)
- [Jean-Claude Bolle-Reddat](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-claude-bolle-reddat)
- [Jacques Boudet](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-boudet)
- [Pierre-Alain de Garrigues](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-alain-de-garrigues)
- [Olivier Hémon](https://cinepixo.com/people/olivier-hemon)
- [Jean-Hugues Anglade](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-hugues-anglade)
- [Éric Prat](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-prat)
- [Philippe du Janerand](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-du-janerand)
- [Tchéky Karyo](https://cinepixo.com/people/tcheky-karyo)
- [Mia Frye](https://cinepixo.com/people/mia-frye)
- [Anne Parillaud](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-parillaud)
- [Iska Khan](https://cinepixo.com/people/iska-khan)
- [Philippe Leroy](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-leroy)
- [Marc Duret](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-duret)
- [Edith Perret](https://cinepixo.com/people/edith-perret)

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