Assassin(s) (1997)
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Cast
Michel Serrault, Mathieu Kassovitz, Mehdi Benoufa, Robert Gendreu, Danièle Lebrun, Roland Marchisio, Félicité Wouassi, François Levantal, Donat Vidal-Revel, Nicolas Boukhrief
An aging hitman tries to pass his craft on to a young burglar, but the two men have very different professional consciences.
The story
Mr. Wagner is an experienced hitman who has pursued his profession passionately for decades, but he is growing old and wants to pass on what he knows. He chooses Max, a young burglar whom he met after Max broke into his apartment. Wagner hopes to teach Max his trade, but the young man does not share his mentor’s professional conscience. Their differing approaches to the work form the initial conflict.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Mr. Wagner is an experienced and zealous hitman who has pursued his profession passionately for decades. He is getting old. He wants to pass on his experience to Max, a young burglar he met when Max broke into his apartment. Times have changed, and Max does not have Mr. Wagner’s professional conscience.
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