Where was Léon: The Professional filmed?
1994 film, directed by Luc Besson.
- Hoboken
The story is set in New York City, New Jersey, so the filming stayed close to the setting.
Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed
- Set in
- New York City, New Jersey
- Filmed in
- Hoboken
About Léon: The Professional
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- Released
- 1994
- Director
- Luc Besson
- Cast
- Natalie PortmanJean RenoGary OldmanDanny AielloMichael BadaluccoEllen GreenePeter AppelFrank SengerGeorge MartinJean-Hugues Anglade
- Genre
- Crime ThrillerBuddyGangsterDramaMystery
The story
Mathilda's abusive father attracts the ire of corrupt DEA agents, who have been paying him to stash cocaine in his apartment.
After they discover that he has been stealing from their stash, DEA agents invade the apartment, led by their drug-addicted boss, Norman Stansfield.
During their search for the missing drugs, Stansfield murders Mathilda's family while she is out shopping for groceries.
Famous lines from Léon: The Professional
Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.
She's dead.Mathilda
Yes, this is she.Mathilda
Your mother, she.Léon
I couldn't really say.Malky
You mean you're a hit man?Mathilda
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