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Léon is an Italian-American hitman (or "cleaner", as he refers to himself) working for a mafioso named "Old Tony" in the Little Italy neighborhood of New York City. One day, Léon meets Mathilda Lando, a lonely twelve-year-old who lives with her dysfunctional family in an apartment down the hall from Léon and has stopped attending class at her school for troubled girls.
The Service de documentation extérieure et de contre-espionnage (SDCE, French secret service) agent, Josselin Beaumont, known as Joss, is sent to Malagawi (fictitious country, representing the former French colonies in Africa at the dawn of the 1980s), to kill the country's president for life, Colonel N' Jala, dictator and enemy of French interests.
Associated with the Cinéma du look film movement, he has been nominated for a César Award for Best Director and Best Picture for his films Léon: The Professional (1994) and The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999). He won Best Director and Best French Director for his sci-fi action film The Fifth Element (1997).
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Bichhoo is similar to the 1994 English-language French action thriller film Léon: The Professional, written and directed by Luc Besson. Léon: The Professional stars Jean Reno as the titular mob hitman; Gary Oldman as corrupt and unhinged DEA agent Norman Stansfield; a young Natalie Portman, in her feature film debut, as Mathilda, a 12-year-old girl who is reluctantly taken in by Léon after ...
Dick Van Dyke is reflecting on his lucky escape from the Malibu, Calif., wildfires.. The screen legend, who turns 99 on Friday, Dec. 13., told a local news outlet that his neighbors “saved ...
“This year has been full of surprises,” Kate can be heard answering. “The unplanned,” Faith offered, to which Kate nodded and repeated, “The unplanned, exactly.” “But I know I’m ...
Stansfield is a DEA agent who employs a holder (Michael Badalucco) to store cocaine in his residence.When Stansfield learns that the holder has been taking a cut and adulterating the remainder, he and his henchmen gun down the man's entire family, with the exception of 12-year-old Mathilda Lando (Natalie Portman), who is able to find refuge with her neighbor, professional hitman Léon ().