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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Holy shit!

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Don't touch that, please. Leon, what exactly do you do for a living? Cleaner. You mean you're a hitman? Yeah. Cool.

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Do you clean anyone? No women, no kids, that's the rules. How much would it cost to hire someone to get those dirtbags who killed my brother? - Five grand a head. - Wow. . .

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How about this? l work for you, and in exchange you teach me how to clean.

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What do you think? l'll clean your place, l'll do the shopping. l'll even wash your clothes. ls it a deal?

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No. lt's not a deal.

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What do you want me to do? l've got no place to go.

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You've had a rough day today.

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Go to sleep and we'll see tomorrow, OK?

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You've been really great with me, Leon. And it's not always like that, you know?

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Good night.

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Sleep well? Good, because after breakfast you gotta take off. - Where to? - Not my problem.

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Read it.

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You don't know how to read. l'm learning, but l had a lot of work lately, so. . . l'm a little behind. What's it say? "l've decided what to do with my life. l wanna be a cleaner."

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You wanna be a cleaner? Here. Take it. lt's a goodbye gift. Go clean. But not with me. l work alone. Understand. Alone? Bonnie and Clyde didn't work alone. Thelma and Louise didn't work alone. And they were the best.

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Mathilda, why are you doing this to me? l've been nothing but nice to you. l even saved your life yesterday, right outside the door. Right, so now you're responsible for it. lf you saved my life, you must have saved it for a good reason. lf you throw me out now, it's like you never opened your door. Like you let me die right there in front of it. But you did open it, so. . .

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Mathilda. . . lf you don't help me, l'll die tonight. l can feel it. But l don't want to die tonight.

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Mathilda, you're just a little girl, so don't take it badly, but l don't think you could do it. l'm sorry.

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How's that?

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Mathilda, don't you ever do that again or l'll break your head. - You got that? - OK. l don't work like that. lt's not professional. There is rules.

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