# Little Nikita (1988)

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**Runtime**: 98 min
**Genres**: Drama, Action, Thriller
**Directed by**: Richard Benjamin
**Written by**: Bo Goldman, John Hill, Tom Musca
**Starring**: Sidney Poitier, River Phoenix, Richard Jenkins, Caroline Kava, Lucy Deakins, Richard Bradford

> *He went to bed an all-American kid and woke up the son of Russian spies.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Suburban cul-de-sac, late summer, a soccer ball rolling into a hydrant’s spray. The agent’s badge catches the afternoon light, then folds back into his pocket. A father kisses his son’s forehead through the screen door while watering roses.

The neighbor’s station wagon idles a half-block too long.

A Soviet anthem hums from a kid’s bedroom.

**Mood tags**: outsider, paranoid, slow-burn

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