The Specialists

The Specialists

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Release Date

3/13/1985

Runtime

94 mins

Overview

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...

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Budget

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Revenue

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A taut thriller that unfolds across stunning French landscapes, building momentum from prison break to casino heist while steadily peeling back layers of deception. The stakes keep rising as trust between the characters fractures.

Mood

TenseParanoidDefiant

Themes

BetrayalSurvivalRevenge

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Propulsive

Look

NaturalisticWidescreen epic

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violence

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