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In 1990, 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 operative. After a year of training, she is
told that for the next five years, she will work under senior KGB handler
Olga; once the five years are up, she will be discharged from the agency
and can start her life over again. However, the new director of the KGB,
Vassiliev, refuses to honour the original agreement as he believes that
former agents are a liability to the agency and that the only path to
freedom 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 into a romantic relationship with fellow model
Maude, endorsed by 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 a new life in Hawaii. Miller asks
her to assassinate Vassiliev, as the CIA believes that whoever succeeds
him will improve their working relationship with the KGB. Anna kills
Vassiliev while the two play a game of chess and proceeds to shoot her way
out of the KGB.
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 KGB. 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 betrays their agreement. Olga smiles in admiration and proceeds to
delete Anna's file from the KGB's official database. |
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