Le­on

Léon is a contract killer who works for the Italian mafia in New York City. He carries out difficult assignments given to him by the older, calculating Tony - he promptly and reliably eliminates rival gangs in the drug trade. But even for a contract killer like him, there are rules that he sees as the unwritten laws of his professional ethos: "no women, no children". In private, Léon is a lonely person, without friends or family, with a sad past. His only "friend", apart from his father figure Tony, with whom he is more connected through business, is a potted plant, an aglaonema, which, like him, "has no roots".
Director: Luc Besson
Film genre: Crime Drama Thriller
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Country of production: France (1994)
Duration: 107'
Cast: Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman, Danny Aiello, Peter Appel, Willi One Blood