The American (2010 film)
The American is a 2010 American thriller film directed by Anton Corbijn and starring George Clooney, Thekla Reuten, Violante Placido, Irina Bjrklund, and Paolo Bonacelli. The Rowan Joff screenplay is an adaptation of the 1990 novel A Very Private Gentleman by Martin Booth. The film opened on September 1, 2010.
While in Abruzzo, Jack contacts Pavel, who sets him up with another job. He meets Mathilde Thekla Reuten, who wants him to build a custom sniper rifle for an assassination. He also begins patronizing a prostitute, Clara Violante Placido, and they begin a relationship separate from her business duties. Jack meets with Mathilde to test the weapon. She is impressed by the craftsmanship, but asks him to make a few more adjustments. Later, Jack realizes that he is being followed by an assassin from Sweden, whom he kills.Jack is tormented by dreams of the events in Sweden and regrets killing Ingrid. His friendship and conversations with a local priest, Father Benedetto Paolo Bonacelli, encourage him to question his life choices. Both Mathilde and Clara notice Jacks association with butterflies, Mathilde by his expertise in endangered butterflies and Clara by his prominent tattoo. When Father Benedetto tells Jack he senses he lives in a special kind of hell, a place without love, Jack starts to let himself feel love for Clara, and envisions a life with her. ........
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