Rent Le Professionnel (1981)
3.6 of 5 from 76 ratings
1h 44min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- Secret agent Joss Beaumont (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is sent to Malawi to assassinate President N'Jala (Sidiki Bakaba). At the last moment, the French authorities make a change of policy and betray Beaumont to the Malawi government. After two years in captivity, Beaumont escapes from the African state and returns to Paris to enact his revenge. He notifies his former paymasters that he intends to carry out his mission, by killing N'Jala during a state visit to France. The ruthless Commissioner Rosen (Robert Hossein) is assigned to prevent him at all costs...
- Actors:
- Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Desailly, Cyrielle Clair, Marie-Christine Descouard, Elisabeth Margoni, Jean-Louis Richard, Michel Beaune, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Pierre Saintons, Gérard Darrieu, Sidiki Bakaba, Baaron, Robert Hossein, Dany Kogan, Marc Lamole
- Directors:
- Georges Lautner
- Producers:
- Alain Belmondo, Jean-Paul Belmondo
- Writers:
- Jacques Audiard, Michel Audiard, Patrick Alexander, Georges Lautner
- Aka:
- The Professional
- Studio:
- Optimum
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama, Thrillers
- Countries:
- France
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- Not available for rental
- Run Time:
- 108 minutes
- Languages:
- French LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- New interview with critic and author Ginette Vincendeau about Jean-Paul Belmondo's stardom (2026)
- New interview with film score expert Lovely Jon about Ennio Morricone's iconic theme "Chi mai" (2026)
- Archival television interview with Jean-Paul Belmondo (1981)
- Archival television interview with René Chateau, Belmondo's agent, producer, and associate (1982)
- Audio commentary by film historians Howard S. Berger, Steve Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson
- Original French theatrical trailer
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