Character Relationship Map: The Professional

Characters

• Joss Beaumont (played by Jean-Paul Belmondo) — protagonist

  An SDCE agent sent to assassinate a foreign president. After being betrayed by his superiors, sentenced to forced labor, tortured, and imprisoned, he escapes and returns to Paris seeking revenge by co...

• Commissaire Rosen (played by Robert Hossein) — protagonist

  A formidable commissioner of the Repression and Intervention Brigade who pursues Beaumont with brutal methods and intense hostility. He fails to capture Beaumont and is ultimately shot by him.

• Jeanne Baumont (played by Elisabeth Margoni) — supporting

  Beaumont's wife, whom he finds after returning to Paris following his escape and return from forced labor.

• Colonel Martin (played by Jean-Louis Richard) — supporting

  A senior figure in Beaumont's former hierarchy who leads efforts to stop him. He urges the minister to act and transmits the order to stop Beaumont to the inspector.

• Agent service secret 1 (played by Bernard Marcellin) — minor
• Agent service secret 3 (played by Claude-Bernard Perot) — minor
• Agent service secret 4 (played by Yves Pignot) — minor
• Agent service secret 2 (played by Jean-Claude Bouillaud) — minor
• Alice Ancelin (played by Cyrielle Clair) — supporting

  Beaumont's mistress and a member of the secret services. He moves between her home and his former home after returning to Paris.

• L'inspecteur Farges (played by Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu) — supporting

  An inspector who is taken hostage by Beaumont at the morgue. Later, he mistakenly shoots the president, believing Beaumont is holding the revolver, and finally kills Beaumont with a burst of gunfire a...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Colonel Martin → Agent service secret 4 (Power Team Leader) — The agent operates within Martin's team.

  Colonel Martin is named as the leader of the team that attempts to stop Beaumont.

• Colonel Martin → Agent service secret 3 (Power Team Leader) — The agent operates within Martin's team.

  Colonel Martin is named as the leader of the team that attempts to stop Beaumont.

• Colonel Martin → Agent service secret 2 (Power Team Leader) — The agent operates within Martin's team.

  Colonel Martin is named as the leader of the team that attempts to stop Beaumont.

• Colonel Martin → Agent service secret 1 (Power Team Leader) — The agent operates within Martin's team.

  Colonel Martin is named as the leader of the team that attempts to stop Beaumont.

• Joss Beaumont → Agent service secret 4 (Professional Former Colleagues) — This agent is part of the former hierarchy's effort to contain Joss.

  The plot states that Martin and his team, consisting of Joss's former service colleagues, work to stop Beaumont.

• Joss Beaumont → Agent service secret 3 (Professional Former Colleagues) — This agent is aligned with the service response against Joss.

  The plot states that Martin and his team, consisting of Joss's former service colleagues, work to stop Beaumont.

• Joss Beaumont → Agent service secret 2 (Professional Former Colleagues) — This agent belongs to Joss's former professional network.

  The plot states that Martin and his team, consisting of Joss's former service colleagues, work to stop Beaumont.

• Joss Beaumont → Agent service secret 1 (Professional Former Colleagues) — This agent is part of the secret-service group opposing Joss.

  The plot states that Martin and his team, consisting of Joss's former service colleagues, work to stop Beaumont.

• Commissaire Rosen → L'inspecteur Farges (Professional Colleagues) — Both are law-enforcement figures involved in the Beaumont operation.

  Rosen belongs to the intervention authorities pursuing Joss, while Farges is the inspector involved in identifying the body and the final encounter.

• Colonel Martin → L'inspecteur Farges (Power Superior And Subordinate) — Martin exercises operational authority over Farges at the climax.

  Martin transmits the final order to stop Joss to Farges.

• Joss Beaumont → Alice Ancelin (Romantic Lovers) — Alice is Joss's mistress during his return to Paris.

  Joss moves between his old home with Jeanne and the home of his mistress, Alice Ancelin.

• Joss Beaumont → Jeanne Baumont (Romantic Husband) — Jeanne is Joss's wife and part of his former domestic life.

  Joss returns to his old home in Paris, where he finds his wife Jeanne.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Colonel Martin → Commissaire Rosen (Alliance Operational Ally) — Rosen operates within the anti-Beaumont campaign associated with Martin.

  Rosen is part of the official effort to hunt Beaumont, an effort described as being conducted by Martin and his team.

• Joss Beaumont → L'inspecteur Farges (Conflict Hostage Taker And Hostage) — Joss temporarily controls Farges to continue his deception.

  After creating the appearance of Rosen's death, Joss takes Inspector Farges hostage at the morgue.

• Joss Beaumont → Commissaire Rosen (Conflict Hunter And Prey) — Rosen becomes Joss's most direct pursuer in France.

  Commissioner Rosen is tasked with hunting Beaumont and uses brutal methods because of his hatred and contempt for him.

Story Analysis

A betrayed secret agent completes his abandoned mission but is destroyed by the hierarchy that first sacrificed him.

Plot Progression

1. A Mission Abandoned — Joss Beaumont is sent to Malagawi to kill a hostile president. A political reversal causes the French service to denounce him instead of recalling him.
2. The Prisoner Returns — Joss suffers forced labor, abuse, and torture before escaping after two years. He returns to Paris determined to complete the mission and punish his former superiors.
3. A City Under Pursuit — Joss warns his former hierarchy and moves between Jeanne and Alice while Martin mobilizes his team. Rosen leads an increasingly brutal hunt through Paris.
4. The False Death — Joss shoots Rosen and uses the dead commissioner to create a false identity. He then takes Farges hostage and uses the deception to reach the protected ruler.
5. Victory and Betrayal — Joss's empty-revolver trick causes Farges to shoot the ruler. Although Joss prepares to escape, Martin orders Farges to stop him, and Joss is killed.