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 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 and internationally through Gaumont Buena Vista International on 14 September 1994 and received mostly positive reviews from critics.

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You know, a girl's first time is very important. lt determines the rest of her life sexually. l read that once in one of my sister's magazines. My girlfriends told me that they hated their first experience.

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That's because they don't love their guys. They just did it to show off. Afterwards, they started liking it, like cigarettes. l wanna like it the first time.

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Mathilda, no.

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Why not? l just can't.

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- You love someone else? - No. l mean. . .

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There was someone a long time ago. Before l came to the States. Her father didn't want her to see me. She was from a very respectable family. Mine was, you know. . . . . .not so respectable. Her dad went nuts every time she'd take off to see me. But she still snuck off to see you, right? Right. You see, nothing can stop love, Leon.

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He killed her. One shot to the head. They kept him in jail for two days, then they let him go free. They said it was an accident. So. . . . . .one night l waited for him. 500 feet with a lens. He also had an accident.

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The same night l took a boat and came here to meet up with my father who was working for Tony. l was nineteen.

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Since then, l've never left the city and. . .

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. . . l've never had another girlfriend.

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You see, Mathilda, l won't be a good lover.

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OK.

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Just do me one favour. What? l'm sick of watching you sleeping on your chair. We're gonna share the bed. l don't think it's a good idea. lt's OK, put your legs up on the bed. Yeah, it's nice.

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Put your head down. lt's OK. Relax.

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Goodnight, Leon.

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Goodnight.

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Manolo, take the kids in the kitchen. l have a lot of respect for your business, Tony. When you've killed for us in the past, we've always been satisfied. And that's exactly why today is going to be very, very hard for me. l hope you'll excuse my mood. My man was killed right here on your turf, and the Chinks tell me that the hitman was kind of the. . .

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Relax, everything's fine. - Sleep well? - l never really sleep. - Got one eye open always. - Oh, l forgot. You know, l never saw someone with one eye open snore so much. - l snore? - Like a baby. l'm gonna go get some milk for breakfast. l won't be long. Don't forget the code when you come back. Two knocks, then one, and two knocks again, right? Right.

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Hola, señor. Ring these up and l'll go get some milk.

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From here on out, you don't make a sound. Answer my questions by nodding "yes" or shaking your head "no", you got it? ls he alone? Does he expect you? Do you have keys to the apartment? ls there a code, a way of knocking so he knows it's you?

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