Focus Features has revealed a new featurette for the upcoming suspense thriller The American, which stars George Clooney, Violante Placido, Thekla Reuten and Paolo Bonacelli.
Alone among assassins, Jack (played by Mr. Clooney) is a master craftsman. When a job in Sweden ends more harshly than expected for this American abroad, he vows to his contact Larry (Bruce Altman) that his next assignment will be his last.
Jack reports to the Italian countryside, where he holes up in a small town and relishes being away from death for a spell. The assignment, as specified by a Belgian woman, Mathilde (Thekla Reuten of “In Bruges”), is in the offing as a weapon is constructed. Surprising himself, Jack seeks out the friendship of local priest Father Benedetto (Italian stage and screen veteran Paolo Bonacelli) and pursues romance with local woman Clara (Italian leading lady Violante Placido). But by stepping out of the shadows, Jack may be tempting fate.
Director Anton Corbijn led the action from a script by Rowan Joffe.
Based on the 1990 novel A Very Private Gentleman by Martin Booth,The American opens in theaters on September 1, 2010.
