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Leon, Léon or León may refer to:

Geography

Africa

• Leon, Togo

Asia

• Leon, Iloilo, Philippines

Europe

• León (province), Spain
• León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León
• León (historical region), composed of the Spanish provinces León, Salamanca, and Zamora
• Kingdom of León, a former country in the Iberian Peninsula
• Léon, Landes, a commune in France
• Viscounty of Léon, a former feudal state in France
• Leon, Italy

North America

• León, Guanajuato, a city in Mexico
• Nuevo León, a state in Mexico
• Leon, Iowa, United States
• Leon, Kansas, United States
• Leon, New York, United States
• Leon, Oklahoma, United States
• Leon, West Virginia, United States
• León Department, Nicaragua
• León, Nicaragua, capital city of the León Department

People

• Leon (given name), people with the given name Leon
• Leon (king of Sparta) (c. 590-560 BCE)
• Leon of Pella (fl. 330s BCE), Macedonian writer in Egypt
• Francis Leon (born 1844), American actor
• Pierre Leon (born 1837), American sailor
• Tony Leon (born 1956), South African politician

Fictional characters

Video games

• Leon (Dead or Alive)
• Leon S. Kennedy, a Resident Evil character
• Leon Magnus, a Tales of Destiny character
• Squall Leonhart, aka Leon, a Kingdom Hearts character
• Leon, a Battle Arena Toshinden character
• Leon, an F-Zero character
• Leon Powalski, a Star Fox character
• Leon D. Geeste, a Star Ocean 2 character

Other media

• Leon (Squirrel Boy)
• Leon Elliott a Black Cat character
• Leon Karp, a Roseanne character
• Leon Kowalski, a Blade Runner character

Other uses

• Léon (film)
• Leon (restaurant)
• LEON, a microprocessor
• Leon's, a furniture retailer
• Greek destroyer Leon (1912-1941)
• Greek destroyer Leon (D54) (1951-1992)
• Club León, a football club
• Leon Beer
• Leon Motors, a bus company
• Leon Speakers, a loudspeaker manufacturer
• SEAT León, a car model built by the Spanish manufacturer SEAT
• "León", a song by Kinky on the album Reina

See also

• Leon County (disambiguation)
• Leon Township (disambiguation)
• De León
• Leonard

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From Wikiquote

Léon (also known as The Professional and Léon: The Professional) is a 1994 film about a professional assassin who takes in a young girl after her family is killed.

Written and directed by Luc Besson.

Dialogue

Mathilda: [on telephone] Hello?

Caller: This is Margueritte McAllister, headmistress of the Spencer School for Girls in Wildwood, New Jersey. Is Mr. or Mrs. Lando home?

Mathilda: [faking deeper voice] Yes, this is she.

Caller: Mrs. Lando, when your husband enrolled Mathilda at Spencer, he told us she had "problems". Well, as you know, we pride ourselves on turning troubled girls into healthy, productive young women. But if they are not here, there is very little we can do. Now, Mathilda left school without permission nearly two weeks ago. I know your husband paid tuition in advance for a year, but if you will refer to page twenty of the rules and regulations manual we sent you, you will see you will see that unless there is a valid excuse for prolonged absence, your tuition will be forfeit.

Mathilda: She's dead. [She hangs up.]

Léon: I'm sorry about your father.

Mathilda: If somebody didn't do it, one day or another I would've probably done it myself.

Léon: Your mother, she —

Mathilda: She's not my mother! And my sister — she wanted to lose some weight anyway. Bet she never looked better. She's not even my real sister. Just a half-sister, and not a good half at that.

Léon: If you couldn't stand them, why are you crying?

Mathilda: Because they killed my brother! What the hell did he do? Four years old... he never used to cry. He just used to sit next to me and cuddle. I was more of a mother to him than that goddamn pig ever was!

Mathilda: Leon, what exactly do you do for a living?

Léon: Cleaner.

Mathilda: You mean you're a hit man?

Léon [reluctantly]: Yeah.

Mathilda: Cool.

...

Mathilda: Do you "clean" anyone?

Léon: No women, no kids. That's the rules.

Mathilda: How much would it cost to hire someone to get those dirtbags who killed my brother?

Léon: Five grand a head.

Mathilda: Wow. How about this: I work for you, and in exchange, you teach me how to clean. Hmmm? What do you think? I'll clean your place, I'll do the shopping, I'll even wash your clothes. Is it a deal?

Léon: No, it's not a deal.

Mathilda: What do you want me to do? I've got no place to go.

Léon: You've had a rough day today. Go to sleep now. We'll see in the morning.

Léon: You sleep well? [Mathilda nods.] Good. After breakfast you gotta take off.

Mathilda: Where to?

Léon: Not my problem.

Mathilda: [setting note in front of Léon]: Read it.

Léon: Uh — [stares blankly at note.]

Mathilda: You don't know how to read.

Léon: I'm learning, but I've had a lot of work lately, so... I'm a little behind. What's it say?

Mathilda: I've decided what I want to do with my life. I wanna be a cleaner.

Léon: You wanna be a cleaner? [sets a pistol on table] Here, take it. It's a goodbye gift. Go clean — but not with me! I work alone, understand? Alone!

Mathilda: Bonnie and Clyde didn't work alone! Thelma and Louise didn't work alone! And they were the best.

Léon: Tony, all the money I make that you keep for me —

Tony: You need some money?

Léon: Just curious. 'Cause I've been working for a long time and I haven't done anything with my money.

Tony: You met a woman.

Léon: No.

Tony: Léon... Léon, you gotta be careful with women. Remember when you first arrived in this country? When I took you in you were still wet behind the fuckin' ears, and already you were in deep shit because of a woman. Don't forget that, Léon.

Léon: I wish I could sometimes. You know, about my money — maybe I could give a little to someone, you know, to help out.

Tony: Hey, it's your money. I mean, I'm just holding it for you, like a bank. Except better than a bank, 'cause you know banks always get knocked off. No one knocks off old Tony.

Officer 1: We know you're a busy man and we'll try to make this as short as possible. Now if you just take us step by step through exactly what happened.

Norman Stansfield: The guy was here, he went for his gun. Bang! We shot him.

Officer 2: Where exactly were the kids?

Norman Stansfield: I don't know! They should have been at school, don't you think?

Officer 1: But in the statement you said you were the first man in, didn't you see any kids?

Officer 2: The door was broken, what happened? Did you follow the procedure?

Norman Stansfield: I lost a good man here. What the fuck do you want with me?

Officer 2: Cooperation.

Norman Stansfield: I haven't got TIME for this Mickey Mouse bullshit! You want cooperation? Come up my office, will you? Room 4602.

[Mathilda has entered Stansfield's office building by faking a food delivery; Stansfield has cornered her in a restroom.]

Norman Stansfield: Special delivery, huh? Let me guess. Chinese? Thai, maybe? I've got it — Italian food. What's your name, angel?

Mathilda: Mathilda.

Norman Stansfield: Mathilda, I want you to set the sack on the floor. Good. [He draws a pistol.] And now, I want you to tell me everything you know about Italian food... and don't forget the name of the chef who fixed it for me.

Mathilda: Nobody sent me. I do business for myself.

Norman Stansfield: So, th-th-this, this is something personal, is it? What filthy piece of shit... did I do now?

Mathilda: You killed my brother.

Norman Stansfield: I'm sorry. [he moves in close to Mathilda.] And — you wanna join him?

Mathilda: No.

Norman Stansfield: It's always the same thing. It's when you start to become really afraid of death that you learn to appreciate life. Do you like life, sweetheart?

Mathilda: [whispering] Yes.

Norman Stansfield: That's good — because I take no pleasure in taking a life if it's from a person who doesn't care about it.

SWAT Team Leader: Alpha team, final position, ready to go.

Norman Stansfield: Be careful.

...

SWAT Team Leader: Alpha team, man down, man down.

Norman Stansfield: I told you. Benny, bring me everyone.

Benny: What do you mean "everyone"?

Norman Stansfield: EV-ERY-ONE!!

[Stansfield has shot Leon in the back of the head.]

Leon: Stansfield?

Norman Stansfield: At your service.

Leon: [giving Stansfield something] This... is from... Mathilda...

Norman Stansfield: [sees that it's a pin for a grenade and opens Leon's vest to find grenades] Shit.

[The building explodes, killing Leon and Stansfield.]

Tony: In the meantime, all you gotta do is come here every once in a while and I'll dish it out so's you can have a little fun. Okay? Here's a hundred bucks to start with.

Mathilda: Can't I get a job instead?

Tony: A job? What the hell can you do?

Mathilda: I can "clean".

Tony: I ain't got no work for a twelve-year-old kid, so get it out of your goddamn head! It's OVER! The game's OVER! Léon's DEAD!

[Mathilda breaks down in tears.]

Tony: [softly] Come on. You think I ain't hurtin' too? But he's dead. And you're gonna forget all this craziness and get your little ass back to school. Capisce?

[Mathilda is at the Spencer School for Girls.]

Mathilda: My parents... d-died in a car accident about four weeks ago. It was terrible.

Headmistress: You know, we didn't have the time to get to know one another when you first came here. But I want you to know that I'm not the kind of woman that would let down a child — no matter what her situation, no matter what her mistake. So I'm going to help you and do my best to welcome you here again. But on one condition: you have to stop lying to me, Mathilda. I want you to take a chance, and trust me, and tell me what happened to you.

Mathilda: Okay. My family got shot down by D.E.A. officers because of a drug problem. I left with the greatest guy on earth. He was a hit man — the best in town. But he died this morning... and if you don't help me, I'll be dead by tonight.

Taglines

• He moves without sound. Kills without emotion. Disappears without trace.

• A perfect assassin. An innocent girl. They have nothing left to lose except each other. He moves without sound. Kills without emotion. Disappears without trace. Only a 12 year old girl... knows his weakness.

• You can't stop what you can't see.

Cast

• Jean Reno - Léon
• Gary Oldman - Norman Stansfield
• Natalie Portman - Mathilda
• Danny Aiello - Tony
• Peter Appel - Malky

External links

Wikipedia has an article about:

Léon

• Léon quotes at the Internet Movie Database
• Léon the Professional at Rotten Tomatoes

From Wikitravel

There's more than one place called Leon:

France

• Leon (France) (Léon) - a city in Landes (Les Landes)

Mexico

• León (Mexico) - a city in Guanajuato (state)

Nicaragua

• Leon (Nicaragua) (León) - a city
• Leon (department) - a department

Spain

• Leon (Spain) (León) - a city in Leon (province) (Léon Province)
• Leon (province) (Léon Province) - in Castile-Leon
• Castile-Leon (Castilla y León) - an autonomous region

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English

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Leon

1. A male given name, a Greek form of Leo, or Anglicized from the French Léon or Spanish León.

Anagrams

• Anagrams of elno
• enol
• lone
• noel, Noel, NOEL
• one L

Danish

Proper noun

Leon

1. A male given name, variant of Leo.

German

Proper noun

Leon

1. A male given name, variant of Leo.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Leon

1. A male given name, variant of Leo.

Slovene

Proper noun

Leon

1. Leo (male given name)

Swedish

Proper noun

Leon

1. A male given name, variant of Leo.