The Professional
Le Professionnel (1981)
Timing:
1:48 (108 min)
7.242/10
508
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8.152/10
183046
183046
7.4/10
19000
19000
Country
Production
Genre
Action, Adventure, Thriller
Budget
$500 000
Revenue
$0
Director
Actors
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Robert Hossein, Elisabeth Margoni, Jean-Louis Richard, Jean Desailly, Michel Beaune, Cyrielle Clair, Pierre Vernier, Marie-Christine Descouard, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Alain Belmondo
Operator
Composer
Artist
Audition
Editing
Michelle David
All team (13)
All team (13)
Short description
French secret service agent Josselin Beaumont is dispatched to take down African warlord N'Jala. But when his assignment is canceled, he's shocked to learn that his government is surrendering him to local authorities. He is given a mock trial and sentenced to 20 years of hard labor. But Beaumont escapes from prison and vows not only to avenge himself against his betrayers but also to finish his original assignment.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on Patrick Alexander's novel *Death of a Thin-Skinned Animal* (1976).
- The final scene of the film was shot at the Château de la Ferrerie estate, near the town of Rambouillet.
- The cars involved in the chase scene are a Fiat-131 "Mirafiori" for the protagonist and a Peugeot-504 for the secret service agents.
- In the film, the main character hangs his badge on the dead commissar. The badge bears the inscription “BEAUMONT Josselin 56-322-460”. These numbers can be deciphered as follows: 56 is the population density per square kilometer of Côte d'Ivoire (literally “Ivory Coast,” the place of Josselin “Joss” Beaumont’s imprisonment) or its ranking in the list of countries by area at the time the film was released; 322,460 is the area of Côte d'Ivoire in square kilometers.
- Filming took place from May 5th to July 13th, 1981.
- The rifle used by Jocelyn Beaumont in Africa is an Armalite AR-10.
- The cars involved in the chase scene: a Fiat-131 "Mirafiori" for the protagonist and a Peugeot-504 for the special agents.
- In the film, the protagonist hangs his badge on the dead commissar. The badge bears the inscription “BEAUMONT Josselin 56-322-460”. The numbers can be deciphered as follows: 56 is the population density per km² of Côte d'Ivoire (literally “Ivory Coast”, the place of Josselin “Joss” Beaumont’s imprisonment) or its ranking in the list of countries by area at the time the film was released; 322,460 is the area of Côte d'Ivoire in km².
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