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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.
Fries wanted to become an actress when she was 14 years old after watching Léon: The Professional, because she was impressed by Natalie Portman's performance. After making her debut in 2005, Fries has gone on to appear in almost 40 acting roles, the majority of which have come in German films and TV series such as Zurich, Add a Friend, and The Wave. [2]
Léon: The Professional: Mathilda Lando [18] 1995 Developing: Nina Short film [19] [20] Heat: Lauren Gustafson [21] 1996 Everyone Says I Love You: Laura Dandridge [22] Beautiful Girls: Marty [23] Mars Attacks! Taffy Dale [24] 1999 Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace: Padmé Amidala [25] Anywhere but Here: Ann August [23] 2000 Where the ...
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).
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 ...
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 ().
She was cast in the role of Sarah, her first starring role in a film. [ 10 ] Continuing her work with Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival , Greene next played the role of Jenny in The Three Penny Opera (1976) at the Vivian Beaumont Theater in Lincoln Center , for which she was nominated for a 1977 Tony Award , Featured Actress In A Musical.
Michael Badalucco (born December 20, 1954) is an American actor. He made his screen debut in the film Raging Bull (1980) and subsequently appeared in many films such as Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), Miller's Crossing (1990), Jungle Fever (1991), Mac (1992), Léon: The Professional (1994), Summer of Sam (1999), O Brother, Where Art Thou?