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

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)

Trailer

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