Léon: The Professional

Movie Details:

Cast & Characters:

• Jean Reno as Léon
• Natalie Portman as Mathilda Lando
• Gary Oldman as Norman Stansfield
• Danny Aiello as Tony
• Michael Badalucco as Mathilda’s father
• Ellen Greene as Margie Lando, Mathilda’s stepmother
• Peter Appel as Malky
• Adam Busch as Manolo
• Joseph Malerba as Stairway Swat
• Maïwenn as The Blond Babe
• George Martin as The Hotel Clerk
• Jean-Hugues Anglade as Cameo
• Keith A. Glascoe as Benny
• Willi One Blood as 1st Stansfield Man

Storyline:

After her father, step-mother, step-sister and little brother are killed by her father’s employers, the 12-year-old daughter of an abject drug dealer manages to take refuge in the apartment of a professional hitman who at her request teaches her the methods of his job so she can take her revenge on the corrupt DEA agent who ruined her life by killing her beloved brother.

About Movie:

Léon: The Professional (French: Léon) is an 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.

While most of the interior footage was shot in France, the rest of the film was shot on location in New York City. The final scene at school was filmed at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Léon: The Professional was released in France by Gaumont through Gaumont Buena Vista International on 14 September 1994 and received mostly positive reviews from critics.

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