The French film that launched an international star says goodbye to Prime Video

It marks the history of cinema and is one of those films you must watch at least once in your life, especially for its casting in which we get a star who played his first role.

Released thirty years ago, this film has now become a cult for many reasons. Signed Luc Besson, Leon The year 1994 is marked. If you haven’t seen it yet, hurry because it drops on Prime Video on February 11. The film follows the character that gives the film its title: a hitman named Leon, who decides to take under his wing his neighbor Mathilda Lando, a 12-year-old girl who was orphaned after her family was massacred. A young teenager learns that her neighbor is in fact a ruthless hitman. She then asks him to train her. So Leon would make Mathilda ‘cleaner’ like him, allowing the young teenager to think she was capable of avenging her younger brother. In return, she would teach him to read and write. If Jean Ray plays the hero Leon, the role of Mathilda was assigned to Natalie Portman. This film started the career of the actress.

Leon : “A film with disturbing aspects” For Natalie Portman

However, she does not have particularly positive memories of her first role. “It’s definitely, when you look at it now, a film that has some disturbing aspects.”So does Natalie Portman The Hollywood Reporter In May 2023. “Sexuality from childhood took me away from my sexuality”, The podcast also kept Dax Shepard’s microphone a secret Armchair expert is displayed in May December With Julianne Moore.

Leon : A successful film

Upon release, the film was well received by the public in both the United States and France, where it attracted approximately 3.5 million viewers in theaters. On IMDb, an important reference site in the Atlantic, it holds an average rating of 8.6⁄10, with 188,000 reviews. Which makes it one of the 50 best films in all categories. Further proof of the film’s good reception, it was nominated seven times during the 20th César ceremony, even though it ultimately won no awards. Based on this success, Luc Besson took the opportunity to relaunch his science fiction film project, J The fifth element.

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