Le Professionnel (Blu-ray)

Directed by Georges Lautner

Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Desailly, Robert Hossein, Michel Beaune, Cyrielle Clair, Jean-Louis Richard, Sidiki Bakaba, Pierre Saintons, Marie-Christine Descouard, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Elisabeth Margoni, Pierre Vernier
Contributors: Jacques Audiard, Michel Audiard, Georges Lautner, Alain Belmondo, Ennio Morricone, Henri Decaë
Studio: Radiance Films
Genre: World Cinema
Main Language: French
Subtitles: English
Region: Region B
Release Date: 25 May 2026
Originally Issued: 1981
No of Discs: 1
BBFC Cert: (15) Suitable for 15 years and over.
Run Time: 104 minutes

Description

Georges Lautner directs this French action thriller starring Jean-Paul Belmondo. When secret agent Joss Beaumont (Belmondo) is tasked by the French government with killing an African dictator, the political situation changes at the last minute and the French secret service turn him in to the African authorities. When Beaumont manages to escape after spending two years in jail, he travels to Paris intent on exacting revenge against those who betrayed him.

Special Features

• Interactive Menus
• Bonus Footage
• Trailers
• Interviews: Ginette Vincendeau (critic/author); Lovely Jon (film score expert); Jean-Paul Belmondo (actor); René Chateau (Belmondo's agent/producer)
• Commentary: Howard S. Berger, Steve Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson (film historians)