The Professional (1981)
- Original title
- Le Professionnel
- Directed by
- Georges Lautner
- Genre
- drama film, action film, crime film, mystery film, thriller film, spy film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 595 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A secret agent is betrayed by his own government and left for dead. He returns to France to settle the score with those who set him up.
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What happens
The Professional (original title: Le Professionnel [lə pʁɔfɛsjɔnɛl]) is a 1981 French action thriller film directed by Georges Lautner. The film stars Jean-Paul Belmondo as the title role. The film is based on the award-winning 1976 novel Death of a Thin-Skinned Animal by Patrick Alexander. The film was a commercial success upon its theatrical release and was the fourth most watched feature film in France in 1981 behind La Chèvre, Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Fox and the Hound, selling 5,243,559 tickets. The music was composed by Ennio Morricone, and the main theme "Chi Mai" became an instrumental hit and subsequent classic. The famous final scene of the movie was made in Château de Maintenon. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Diva (1981)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.