The Day of the Jackal follows an unnamed professional assassin, known as the Jackal, who is hired to assassinate French President Charles de Gaulle in the early 1960s. The story unfolds as the Jackal meticulously plans the assassination while eluding law enforcement. Meanwhile, the French authorities, led by a determined police detective, race against time to uncover and stop the Jackal’s plot. The film is a tense cat-and-mouse thriller that explores themes of political intrigue and the complexities of both the hunter and the hunted.