Professionnel, Le
1981
French secret agent Joss Baumont is sent to one of the African countries to kill their president Njala. However, at the last moment the political situation changes and the French secret service turns him in to the African authorities, and he is sentenced to a long-term imprisonment. Read more
| Starring | Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Desailly, Robert Hossein, Michel Beaune |
|---|---|
| Director | Georges Lautner |
| Genres | World Cinema |
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Professionnel, Le
French secret agent Joss Baumont is sent to one of the African countries to kill their president Njala. However, at the last moment the political situation changes and the French secret service turns him in to the African authorities, and he is sentenced to a long-term imprisonment.
| Starring | Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Desailly, Robert Hossein, Michel Beaune, Cyrielle Claire, Jean-Louis Richard |
|---|---|
| Director | Georges Lautner |
| Studio | OPTIMUM HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 49 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: French |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 09 May 2006 Production year: 1981 |
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Joss Beaumont - James Bond, not subtle is it?
The high points of this boxed set highlight of the work of Jean-Paul Belmondo are the plotting, the car chase in the Trocadero and a novel police interrogation technique that would certainly have had me talking. Other than that it is a factory effort from the non-subsidised sector which sold well into the Soviet market place apparently.
All the appearance of having been filmed on a budget with a quick forray to foreign climes and a finale crammed into a chateau that the producer managed to rent for the weekend - this is not the contemplative auteur-driven norm, nor an 'alt-thriller' of the Olivier Marchal order.
Interest value on the basis of the launch of the Belmondo retrospective, a few giggles along the way at the inept stereotyping and lardy acting from the male leads and the uber-complicit females but overall not worth more than the two stars.