Léon: the professional DVD 1994 / Directed by Luc Besson / Starring: Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman, Danny Aiello / Uncut International version / Additional 24 min of footage

UPC 043396061965

ISBN: 076786831X

REGION 1 NTSC DVD 

MADE IN THE USA

AUDIO: English 2.0, English 5.1

SUBTITLES: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese

Total Runtime: 133 minutes

English Summary:

Léon: The Professional (French: Léon), titled Leon in the UK and Australia (and originally titled The Professional in the US) is a 1994 English-language French action crime thriller film written and directed by Luc Besson. It stars Jean Reno and Gary Oldman, and features the motion picture debut of Natalie Portman. In the film, Léon (Reno), a professional hitman, reluctantly takes in 12-year-old Mathilda (Portman), after her family is murdered by corrupt Drug Enforcement Administration agent Norman Stansfield (Oldman). Léon and Mathilda form an unusual relationship, as she becomes his protégée and learns the hitman's trade.

Léon Montana is an Italian hitman (or "cleaner", as he refers to himself) living a solitary life in New York City's Little Italy. His work comes from a mafioso named Tony. Léon spends his idle time engaging in calisthenics, nurturing a houseplant, and watching old films.

One day, Léon meets Mathilda Lando, a lonely 12-year-old girl. Mathilda lives with her dysfunctional family in an apartment down the hall, and has stopped attending class at her school for troubled girls. Mathilda's abusive father attracts the ire of corrupt DEA agents, who have been paying him to stash cocaine in his apartment. After they discover he has been cutting the cocaine to keep for himself, DEA agents storm the building, led by sharply dressed drug addict Norman Stansfield. During the raid, Stansfield quickly becomes unhinged and murders Mathilda's entire family while she is out shopping for groceries. When Mathilda returns, she realizes what has happened just in time to continue down the hall to Léon's apartment, who hesitantly gives her shelter.

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