Archive

2016(20th)

< 2015 (19th) 2017 (21st) >

Gaumont: 120 Years of Cinema

Nikita

Luc BESSON

France1990 117min DCP Color

Synopsis

One night a robbery at a drugstore ends in a bloody shoot-out. Nikita is arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment for murder. She is given, however, a chance to buy out by singing an unbreechable contract with the government. After three years of intensive training and a final test, Nikita, given a new identity, becomes a paid government assassin.
 

Diretor

Luc BESSON

Born in 1959, French film director Luc Besson is one of the leading figures of ‘Nouvelle Image’ of French cinema in 1980s with Jean Jaques Beineix and Leos Carax. He created the unprecedented original films of unusual scenes using flash lights and artificial images and influenced a lot on the American and Hong Kong films. His trademark of rhythmic mis-en-scene and sensual images arouse the young audiences to enthusiasm.