Léon: The Professional

Léon (also known as The Professional and Léon: The Professional) 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 "... More

Initial release date:

  • Sep 14, 1994

Directed by:

Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 1 h 50 min

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Also known as:

  • The Cleaner,
  • The Professional,
  • Leon,
  • Léon,
  • Leon: The Professional,
  • Leon - Der Profi,
  • Leon, a profi,
  • Леон,
  • O Profissional,
  • Le professionnel,
  • El profesional,
  • Léon, o Profissional,
  • El perfecto asesino,
  • El profesional (Léon),
  • Profesionalac,
  • Leon zawodowiec,
  • Sevginin gücü

Film

Directed by

Luc Besson

Luc Besson (French pronunciation: [lyk bɛsɔ̃]; born 18 March 1959) is a French film director, writer, and producer. He is the creator of EuropaCorp film company. He has been involved with more than 50 films, spanning 26 years, as writer, director, and/or producer. Besson was born in Paris to...

Tagline:

  • A perfect assassin. An innocent girl. They have nothing left to lose except each other. He moves without sound. Kills without emotion. Disappears without trace. Only a 12 year old girl... knows his weakness.

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Film release region Release Date Film release distribution medium
  • Nov 18, 1994
  • Feb 24, 1998
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Runtime:

Runtime Film cut Film release region Note
  • 1 h 50 min
  • 2 h 16 min
  • uncut version
  • 2 h 13 min
  • International version
  • 1 h 40 min
  • TV version
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Currency Amount
  • 16,000,000

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Adapted From

Silas Marner

Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe is a novel by George Eliot. Her third novel, it was first published in 1861. An outwardly simple tale of a reclusive weaver, in its strong realism it represents one of Eliot's most sophisticated treatments of her attitude to religion. The novel is set in the...

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Awards

Appears in ranked lists:

List Rank Note
  • 817
  • 6.5

The Movie List: the first 9200

César Award for Best Director Nominees

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