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Dispatched to a small Italian town to await further orders, assassin Jack embarks on a double life that may be more relaxing than is good for him.
2010 · Directed by Anton Corbijn · 104 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller · Screenplay in the scene database · 17 frames
Plot
Jack and his lover, Ingrid, are relaxing in Sweden. As they walk in the wilderness outside their cabin, Jack becomes alarmed by a trail of footprints in the snow. A sniper's shots ring out, but Ingrid sees Jack pull a gun from his pocket and shoot the sniper; without hesitation, he kills her too before locating and killing another armed man. He flees to Rome and contacts a man named Pavel, who insists that Jack cannot stay in Rome and sends him to Castelvecchio, a small town in the mountains of Abruzzo. A nervous Jack disposes of the cell phone, which Pavel gave him, and goes to nearby Castel del Monte instead, where he goes by the name of Edward.
While in Abruzzo, Jack contacts Pavel, who sets him up with a job. He meets a woman named Mathilde, who wants him to build her a custom sniper rifle. A local priest named Father Benedetto takes notice of Jack, and befriends him. Jack also begins soliciting a local prostitute named Clara, and they start a relationship.
In the meantime, Jack suspects that he's being followed by a man, but still meets with Mathilde in a secluded river area to test the weapon. Although impressed by the craftsmanship, she asks Jack to make a few more adjustments and provide specific types of ammunition before they complete their transaction.
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Crew
- Screenplay: Rowan Joffé
- Cinematography: Martin Ruhe
- Edited by: Andrew Hulme
- Music: Herbert Grönemeyer
- Production design: Mark Digby
- Produced by: Anne Carey, Grant Heslov, George Clooney, Jill Green
Cast
- George Clooney as Jack / Edward
- Violante Placido as Clara
- Thekla Reuten as Mathilde
- Paolo Bonacelli as Father Benedetto
- Johan Leysen as Pavel
- Irina Björklund as Ingrid
- Lars Hjelm as Hunter #1
- Björn Granath as Hunter #2
- Giorgio Gobbi as Man on Vespa
- Silvana Bosi as Old Cheese Vendor
Production
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language: English, Italian
- Studios: Twins Financing, This is that, Focus Features, Greenlit Rights
- Budget: $20,000,000
- Box office: $67,900,000
- Themes: mission, assassin, prostitute, italy, anti hero, mexican standoff, village, sweden, melancholy, revenge
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