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The Professional (original title: Le Professionnel; French pronunciation: ​[lə pʁɔfɛsjɔˈnɛl]) 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 award-winning 1976 novel Death of a Thin-Skinned Animal by Patrick Alexander.[2][3][4][5][6]

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The Professional
Film poster
Directed by	Georges Lautner
Written by	Michel Audiard Georges Lautner Jacques Audiard
Based on	Death of a Thin-Skinned Animal by Patrick Alexander
Produced by	Alain Belmondo
Starring	Jean-Paul Belmondo
Cinematography	Henri Decaë
Edited by	Michelle David
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Production company	Les Films Ariane
Distributed by	Gaumont
Release date	21 October 1981
Running time	109 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	$3.5 million[1]
Box office	$63.4 million[1]

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.[7]

The music was composed by Ennio Morricone, and the main theme "Chi Mai" became an instrumental hit and subsequent classic.

Plot

French secret agent Josselin Beaumont is sent to kill Colonel Njala, the dictator of Malagawi, a fictional African country. However, before he manages to accomplish his mission, the political situation changes drastically and the French secret service resorts to handing over Beaumont to the Malagawian authorities. After a long, unfair trial, during which Beaumont is injected with drugs, he is sentenced to long-term penal servitude at a "re-education camp".

Following a daring escape with an African inmate, he returns to France and informs the French secret service of his presence, promising that he will kill Njala, who is in France for an official visit, thus getting his revenge on the people who betrayed him. The secret service responds by setting other agents on Beaumont's trail. However, he manages to remain one step ahead, humiliating and killing some of his major betrayers, including Rosen, the sadistic chief of the secret police. After Rosen falls in a gunfight, Beaumont takes Rosen's identity card and puts his dogtags on his body, spreading confusion within the secret service and temporarily reducing Njala's guard. Beaumont eventually tricks a secret service agent into shooting the dictator. While government officials confer with higher authorities, he slowly walks towards Njala's helicopter, but is shot dead by government agents, who have received the order to do so.

Cast

• Jean-Paul Belmondo as Josselin “Joss” Beaumont
• Robert Hossein as le commissaire Rosen
• Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu as l'inspecteur Farges
• Jean Desailly as le ministre
• Cyrielle Clair as Alice Ancelin
• Marie-Christine Descouard as Doris Frederiksen
• Elisabeth Margoni as Jeanne Beaumont
• Jean-Louis Richard as le colonel Martin
• Michel Beaune as le capitaine Valeras
• Pierre Saintons as le président N'Jala
• Pascal N'Zonzi as Arthur
• Gérard Darrieu as l'instructeur Picard
• Sidiki Bakaba as le prisonnier évadé
• Dany Kogan as sergent Gruber
• Marc Lamole as le serveur d'hôtel
• Radisa ''Steve'' Jovanovic as a policeman

See also

• Françafrique

References

External links

• The Professional at IMDb
• The Professional at AllMovie
• The Professional at Rotten Tomatoes

На других языках

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- [en] The Professional (1981 film)

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[ru] Профессионал (фильм, 1981)

«Профессиона́л» (фр. Le Professionnel) — драматический триллер с элементами боевика режиссёра Жоржа Лотнера с Жан-Полем Бельмондо в главной роли. Фильм снят по мотивам романа Патрика Александера «Смерть зверя с тонкой кожей» (англ. Death of a Thin-Skinned Animal, 1976; в русскоязычном переводе 2003 года — «Смерть раненого зверя с тонкой кожей»[1]).

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