Movie - Anna (2019)

 

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• Similar to
• La Femme Nikita (1990)
• The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
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• Hanna (2011)
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• Red Sparrow (2018)
• The Rhythm Section (2020)

Plot

In 1990,^[5] Anna, a young Russian woman and victim of domestic abuse, will do anything to escape the life she is trapped in. A KGB agent, Alex, discovers Anna's predicament and recruits her as a field agent. After a year of training, she is told that for the next four years, she will work under senior handler Olga; once the five years in total are up, she will be discharged from the agency and can start her life over again. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the director of the newly renamed SVR-RF, Vassiliev, refuses to honor the original agreement; because he believes that the only path to retirement is death.

Anna assumes the identity of a fashion model and starts a professional career in Paris, while completing various missions and assassinations. To avoid suspicion, she enters a lesbian relationship with fellow model Maude, with the permission of Olga. When the CIA uncovers her true identity, she agrees to work for them as a double agent with Agent Leonard Miller as her handler, in exchange for the promise of political asylum and a new life in Hawaii. Miller tasks her with assassinating the anti-American Vassiliev, as the CIA believes that whomever succeeds him will improve U.S.-Russian relations. Anna kills Vassiliev while the two play a game of chess and proceeds to shoot her way out of the Lubyanka Building.

She then arranges a meeting with both Alex and Miller, returning information to each that she had previously stolen, but insinuating that a copy had been kept and would be released if anything happened to her. Alex tells her that the information will be stale and worthless in 6 months, but Anna responds that 6 months of freedom was more than she had ever experienced before. By accepting the return of their data both Miller verbally, and Alex tacitly agree to allow Anna to disappear for as long as she can. The meeting area is under surveillance and Olga watches the meeting occur. Shortly after Anna leaves the meeting, Olga catches up to her and shoots her dead for betraying the Russian Federation. Miller and Alex hold each other at gunpoint, with Alex refusing to let Miller help Anna before both men are forced to retreat. Miller then attempts to get video proof that Anna is still alive, but her body is quickly collected by medical personnel before he can do so. It turns out that "Anna" is a body double; the real Anna slips into the sewers, changes her clothes, and removes the wig from her shaved head before vanishing into the shadows.

It is revealed that Olga had earlier revealed to Anna her knowledge of the CIA's planned assassination of Vassiliev. Both women conspired to go along with the CIA's plan as Olga wanted to take Vassiliev's place. As Olga moves into Vassiliev's former office, she views a recorded message left for her by Anna, who expresses her gratitude to Olga but reveals she kept evidence of Olga's involvement in Vassiliev's murder in case her old handler ever betrays their agreement. Olga smiles in admiration and proceeds to delete Anna's file from the SVR's official database.