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A hit man and his victim strike an unusual bargain in this thriller from France. Leo Zimmerman (Gilbert Melki) is a middle-aged financial analyst with a loving wife, Sylvia (Sophie Cattani) and a young daughter who has just turned eight. But Leo also has some secrets, and his under-the-counter business dealings have earned him some powerful enemies who have retained the services of Kopas (Gregoire Colin), a hired killer whose next project is to murder Leo. Kopas stops by Leo's office to learn a little bit about his target before pulling the trigger, and the two men discover they have a lot in common. It doesn't take long for Leo to find out what line of work Kopas is in, and when he discovers Kopas has been hired to take his life, Leo asks a small favor -- to be given a few days to raise a nest egg for his little girl. Kopas goes along with the deal, but only under the condition that if Leo doesn't give himself in by their new deadline, both he and his daughter will die. Le Tueur (aka The Killer) was the first feature film from writer and director Cedric Anger.