The Specialists
1985 · directed by Patrice Leconte
- Rating
- 65/100
- Hit
- no
While being transferred to another prison, two convicts - Stéphane Carella and Paul Brandon - effect a miraculous escape. They are pursued across the Verdon Gorge before arriving at an isolated farmhouse whose owner, Laura, offers them sanctuary. Since the death of her husband, Laura has longed to get her own back on the police and she agrees to help Carella and Brandon in their scheme to rob a casino in Nice. After a shoot out with the casino’s owners, Carella realises that not everything is what it seems. Brandon is not what he appears...
The Specialists (1985), directed by Patrice Leconte, rates 65/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Bernard Giraudeau
- Gérard Lanvin
- Christiane Jean
- Maurice Barrier
- Bertie Cortez
- Daniel Jégou
- Jacques Nolot
- Patrick Massieu
- Jesse Joe Walsh
- Philippe Lehembre
Crew
- Eduardo Serra — Director of Photography
- Joëlle Hache — Editor
- Éric Demarsan — Original Music Composer
- Patrice Leconte — Screenplay
More from Patrice Leconte
- Monsieur Hire (1989) — 84/100 · hit
- Lumière & Company (1995) — 80/100 · hit
- The Hairdresser's Husband (1990) — 78/100
- The Girl on the Bridge (1999) — 76/100
- Ridicule (1996) — 75/100
- Man on the Train (2002) — 75/100
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