Léon is a 1994 French thriller film written and directed by Luc Besson. It stars Jean Reno as the titular mob hitman, Gary Oldman as corrupt DEA agent Stansfield, a young Natalie Portman, in her feature film debut, as Mathilda, a 12-year-old girl who is taken in by the hitman after her family is murdered, and Danny Aiello as Tony, the mobster who gives the hitman his assignments. Leone "Léon" Montana is a hitman living a solitary life in New York City's Little Italy. His work comes from a mafioso named Tony , who operates from the "Supreme Macaroni Company" restaurant. Léon... spends his idle time engaging in calisthenics, nurturing a houseplant that early on he describes as his "best friend," and watching old Gene Kelly musicals. On a particular day, he meets Mathilda Lando , a twelve-year-old girl with a black eye and smoking a cigarette, living with her dysfunctional family in an apartment down the hallway.
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| Release date: | September 14, 1994 |
| Directed by: | Luc Besson |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 110 Minutes |
| Producer: | Patrice Ledoux |
| Editor: | Sylvie Landra |
| Music by: | Eric Serra |
| Cinematography: | Thierry Arbogast |
| Screenplay by: | Luc Besson |
| Estimated budget: | $16,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Silas Marner |
| Genre: | Thriller, Action |