Nikita (1990)
Directed by Luc Besson · Cinematography by Thierry Arbogast
R117 min58 frames
ActionThriller
She murders. So she can live.
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What is Nikita about?
A beautiful felon, sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a policeman, is given a second chance – as a secret political assassin controlled by the government.
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.
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What does the cinematography of Nikita look like?
Across 58 sampled frames, Nikita builds its coverage from medium shots (45% of the sample), with close-ups (26%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Thierry Arbogast keeps 43% of it in soft, low-key light. 47% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 71% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of Nikita?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Nikita (1990) are #2d2d2d, #53534e, #d4d4ce, #0a0d0d, #f1f2ee, #08102c — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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