Léon: The Professional
Léon: The Professional (titled Leon outside the United States) is a 1994 English-language French action-thriller film written and directed by Luc Besson. It stars Jean Reno and Gary Oldman, and features the film debut of Natalie Portman. The plot centers on Léon (Reno), a professional hitman who reluctantly takes in twelve-year-old Mathilda Lando (Portman) after her family is murdered by corrupt Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Norman Stansfield (Oldman). Léon and Mathilda form an unusual relationship, as she becomes his protégée and learns the hitman's trade. The film was released in France by Gaumont through Gaumont Buena Vista International on 14 September 1994 and received mostly positive reviews from critics.
Plot
Léon is an Italian-American hitman (or "cleaner", as he refers to himself) working for a mafioso named "Old Tony" in the Little Italy neighborhood of New York City. One day, Léon meets Mathilda Lando, a lonely twelve-year-old who lives with her dysfunctional family in an apartment down the hall from Léon and has stopped attending class at her school for troubled girls.
More details
| author | Luc Besson |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New Jersey New York City |
| director | Luc Besson |
| editor | Sylvie Landra |
| events | Drug Enforcement Administration revenge |
| genre | action thriller |
| keywords | abusive father ambush american mafia back to school build cocaine dea dea agent discover dysfunctional family how to italian-american italian americans kill little italy mafioso morning new york city police department emergency service unit norman stansfield nypd esu shop steal wealthy family wound |
| musicBy | Éric Serra |
| producer | Patrice Ledoux |
| productionCompany | Gaumont |
| publisher | Gaumont Buena Vista International |
| recordedAt | Chelsea Chinatown East Harlem Hoboken Hotel Chelsea New Jersey New York City Paris Upper East Side Wall Street West New York |