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This work featured in the 1972 film 'Daddy' written by and starring Niki de Saint-Phalle and directed by Peter Whitehead. With a leap as exuberant as her colouration, Nana is filled with a great human energy wholly suited to the theme of the celebration of Woman. The recurring heart motif in the sculpture's decoration are reminiscent of a Valentine's card. All in all, Nana is filled with positive associations. In Niki de Saint-Phalle's idealised image of a woman, curves reminiscent of Sumerian statuary provide no hindrance to bounding athleticism. Although created as a sculpture demonstrating the strengths of the ideal woman, Nana notably featured in the 1972 film 'Daddy'. This project was the result of a collaboration between de Saint-Phalle and the distinguished filmmaker Peter Whitehead, one of the great chroniclers of the 1960s.