Léon: The Professional

Léon: The Professional
French theatrical release poster
FrenchLéon
Directed byLuc Besson
Written byLuc Besson
Produced byPatrice Ledoux
Starring
CinematographyThierry Arbogast
Edited bySylvie Landra
Music byÉric Serra
Production
companies
Distributed byGaumont Buena Vista International[2]
Release date
  • 14 September 1994 (1994-09-14)[3]
Running time
110 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageEnglish
Budget$16 million[4]
Box office$45.3 million[5][6]

Léon is a 1994 English-language French action-thriller film[7][8][9][10][11]− released in the United States as The Professional originally and then as Léon: The Professional − 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), an Italian-American 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 Buena Vista International on 14 September 1994 and received mostly positive reviews from critics.

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