Léon

Titolo originale: Léon
Regia: Luc Besson |
Anno: 1994
Origine: France |
Generi: Crime Dramma Azione
Tag: hotel room | new york city | immigrant | assassin | police brutality | corruption | s.w.a.t. | hitman | loss of loved one | affectation | training | revenge | murder | loneliness | neighbor | tragic love | biting | city life | neo-noir | frantic | complex relationship | vindictive | suspenseful | callous | gentle | ominous |
Cast: Jean Reno | Natalie Portman | Gary Oldman | Danny Aiello | Peter Appel | Michael Badalucco | Ellen Greene | Elizabeth Regen | Carl J. Matusovich | Eric Challier | Willi One Blood | Don Creech | Keith A. Glascoe | Jernard Burks | Matt De Matt | Frank Senger | Stuart Rudin | Lucius Wyatt Cherokee | Maïwenn | Luc Bernard | Joseph Malerba | Adam Busch | Jessie Keosian | George Martin | Alex Dezen | Michael Mundra | Kent Broadhurst | Tommy Hollis | Peter Linari | Betty Miller | Arsène Jiroyan | Geoffrey Bateman | Peter Vizard | David W. Butler | Robert LaSardo | Steve Gonnelo | William James Stiggers Jr. | Sonny Zito | Randy Pearlstein | Jeff McBride | Fred Fischer | Crystal Blake | Cary Wong | Mario Todisco | Samy Naceri | Christophe Gautier | Junior Almeida | David Gregg | Michel Montanary | Hervé Husson | Didier Legros | Marc Andréoni | Gilles Kleber | Jean-Hugues Anglade | Michael Wehrhahn |

Léon è un killer che vive solo, avendo unicamente una pianta da vaso come compagnia. Mathilda è una ragazzina che abita nell'appartamento a fianco alla stanza di Léon. Quando la famiglia di Mathilda viene sterminata per una storia di droga, lei chiede aiuto a Léon. Tra i due nasce una tenera amicizia, fra scambi di lezioni sull'uso delle armi da una parte e di lettura dall'altra.

Approfondimenti

This marks the second time that Gary Oldman stars in a film that is shot inside of the Historic Hote [...] D
While Mathilda is sitting at the kitchen table, a Batman head is seen. This Batman head has candy in [...] D
Natalie Portman's parents were extremely worried about the smoking scenes in the film, and before th [...] D
According to Patrice Ledoux, Luc Besson planned Léon as filler. At the time, he had already start [...] D
Luc Besson: [casting Jean Reno] D
In 2015, South Korea, K-Pop actress/singer Ji-eun Lee (IU) and comedian Myung-Soo Park made a song i [...] D
According to actress Maïwenn Le Besco, part of the film is based on her romantic relationship wit [...] D
Trailer narrated by Hal Douglas. D
Jean Reno and Natalie Portman weren't allowed to rehearse the controversial scene where Mathilda put [...] D
Léon has two boxes of Ronzoni pasta on his kitchen table. Emanuele Ronzoni was the creator of thi [...] D
According to Luc Besson's first script-draft, Léon's full name is Leone Montana. D
A poster of Madonna is seen in Mathilda's room. One month after this movie came out in September of [...] D
Jean Reno also provides the French dubbing for himself in the film. D
This movie has 5 actors from different countries: Danny Aiello (United States), Gary Oldman (England [...] D
The character played by Willi One Blood is named only "1st Stansfield Man" in the script, but during [...] D
In a 2014 Playboy interview, Gary Oldman said his screaming of the now iconic line "Bring me everyon [...] D
When Léon comes out of the grocery store, you can see a Newport cigarette poster. They are mentho [...] D
In 2012, British indie rock band Alt-J released "Matilda", a song inspired by this movie. D
The D.E.A. Office, which is seen in the film, is located on 1 Centre Street and Chambers Street, Man [...] D
In a 2005 interview, Natalie Portman recalled how she had to train herself to "cry on cue" during fi [...] D
Natalie Portman said in 2018 that she felt sexualized by the way they handled her character Mathilda [...] D
Mathilda wants Norman Stansfield dead in order to avenge the death of her brother, which was the onl [...] D
In a 2018 interview, hip-hop producer Nick Mira said that after watching Léon and hearing Sting's [...] D
Body Count: 34. D
When the villains are turning Mathilda's home upside down, the crook with the dreadlocks finds a reg [...] D
Léon Gaumont was a French inventor developing cinematographic techniques in the late 19th century [...] D
Luc Besson got the idea of doing this movie while working on his previous movie, Nikita (1990). In t [...] D
While Mathilda is sitting at the kitchen table, you can see a cereal called Fingos. Fingos was a cer [...] D
In the original script, Léon accidentally walks in on Mathilda when she is in the bathroom. As L� [...] D
During the filming involving all of the police cars on the street, a man ran from a store he had jus [...] D
While Mathilda is sitting at the kitchen table, you can see a canister with candy on the table. This [...] D
Liv Tyler was considered for the part of Mathilda. But, at age 15, she was deemed too old. D
About 27 minutes into the movie, Norman Stansfield picks up a bottle of bourbon. The brand name is E [...] D
In the final scene, Mathilda transfers Léon's beloved potted plant to an open field behind the gi [...] D
The original script had a much darker ending. After Norman Stansfield shoots Léon, Mathilda perfo [...] D
Luc Besson: In the "International Cut", he is the guy shooting back at Léon and Mathilda, who Là [...] D
After Mathilda's family is murdered, the old woman who steps out of her apartment then tells the mur [...] D
The knock that Mathilda tells the special forces soldier is "-.. .. ." which is Morse Code for die. D
French actor Samy Naceri has one of his first roles in this film. He plays a bit part as a SWAT offi [...] D
The grocery store, which is seen numerous times in this movie, was located on East 97th Street and P [...] D
Natalie Portman addressed her role at the 2018 Women's March, expressing how she felt sexualized by [...] D
Morgan Spurlock, the documentary filmmaker behind Super Size Me (2004), was a production assistant o [...] D
Composer Éric Serra wrote the song "The Experience of Love" for the end of the film. However, th [...] D
The green and yellow capsules Norman Stansfield takes is Librium, a sedative and hypnotic medication [...] D
Towards the end of the film, Léon tells Mathilda that he wants her to stop swearing. Léon does [...] D
The original cut of the film had more scenes with "awkward sexual tension" between Mathilda and L� [...] D
Natalie Portman stated that the scene in which she dressed up as Marilyn Monroe was inspired by a sc [...] D
There is an unofficial Bollywood remake of this movie and it is known as Bichoo (Scorpio). D
Christina Ricci was among those who auditioned for Mathilda, but finally, Natalie Portman was chosen [...] D
Norman Stansfield is never seen wearing anything besides his trademark beige suit and white shirt. D
The second shot (a tracking shot traveling down a New York street without stopping) could only be ac [...] D
It has been claimed that Luc Besson has written the script for a sequel, which Olivier Megaton was t [...] D
The scene in which Norman Stansfield - played by Gary Oldman - talks about his appreciation of Ludwi [...] D
Both Mathilda and Tony refer to Léon as a "cleaner". The front window of the bodega in Léon's [...] D
The music in the American trailer is Éric Serra's "The Dark Side of Time", the theme from Luc Be [...] D
In the original script for the film, Léon, and Mathilda - who was written as a 13/14 year old - a [...] D
Keith A. Glascoe, who played the enormous Benny, or 3rd Stansfield Man, later became a member of the [...] D
Norman Stansfield's oversized service revolver is a modified Smith & Wesson 629 Snub Nose Combat .44 [...] D
Natalie Portman was originally turned down by Todd Thaler (the casting director) due to being too yo [...] D
Norman Stansfield - played by Gary Oldman - is obsessed with Ludwig van Beethoven. The same year thi [...] D
Something dreadful happens whenever Mathilda goes to buy milk. D
About 19 minutes into the movie, Mathilda answers an incoming telephone call. The caller asks for Mi [...] D
Robert De Niro was considered for Léon. D
Mathilda - played by Natalie Portman - and Léon - played by Jean Reno - have both seen Cantando s [...] D
The code that Léon gives Matilda to knock on the door when she returns from getting more milk is [...] D
According to Luc Besson, the role of Léon was always intended for Jean Reno and no one else. Howe [...] D
Norman Stansfield asks Malky if he likes Beethoven before their raid of Mathilda's family apartment. [...] D
Natalie Portman portrays Jackie Kennedy in Jackie (2016), Gary Oldman plays Lee Harvey Oswald who as [...] D
This is Natalie Portman's motion picture debut. She was 11 years old when she was cast. D
During the scene when Norman Stansfield - played by Gary Oldman, "interrogates" Mathilda's father - [...] D
Mathilda checks herself and Léon in under the name "MacGuffin". "MacGuffin" is a movie term coine [...] D
In the morning of the day of her family's death, Mathilda's mother mentions that Mathilda is watchin [...] D
This movie came out one year after the movie Nome in codice: Nina (1993), which was a remake of the [...] D
In the confrontation scene at Tony's restaurant, it is revealed that rogue D.E.A. Agent Norman Stans [...] D
When the film was first tested in Los Angeles, California, USA, the version that was screened includ [...] D
According to Jean Reno, he decided to play Léon as if he were "a little mentally slow" and emotio [...] D
Natalie Portman beat out 2000 other actresses for the role of Mathilda. D
The pistols that Léon uses in the film are Beretta 92FS's with AL-GI-MEC compensators added on. I [...] D
The film became influential and would influence future action movies that came out years after its r [...] D
Norman Stansfield says he and his goons will show up at noon. At León's house, we see a clock tha [...] D
As Norman Stansfield's men search Mathilda's apartment, the thug played by actor Willi One Blood han [...] D
All of the interiors of Léon's apartment were shot in Paris, France; all of the shots of the outs [...] D
Mathilda dresses up like Madonna, and then sings her song "Like A Virgin (1984)". A Madonna poster i [...] D