LEON is an action thriller, from 1994, in which an assassin takes in a 12-year-old girl after her family is murdered. ^ "How Luc Besson's 'LEON: THE PROFESSIONAL' created a new type of action movie".
Leon is one of the most emotionally intense movies ever made. French director Luc Besson uses everything: actors, music, camera angles, lighting to create an unique experience - "It's not realism, it's not naturalism - it's heightened reality" as Gary Oldman very well put it.
‘…Leon: The Professional is notable for a trio of iconic performances from Jean Reno, Natalie Portman and Gary Oldman, the latter setting a gold standard for manic villainy that’s rarely ...
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In the 10th century León became the capital of the kingdom of Asturias and Leon when García I transferred his court there from Oviedo. On the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela, León exercised considerable political, cultural, and economic influence during the Middle Ages.
7 Parador de León, Plaza San Marcos 7, ☏ +34 987 237300, leon@parador.es. Deluxe hotel in the former convent of San Marcos, built from the 1530s to 1715. Great comfort and service, some gripes about so-so food. The convent church remains in use. From 1936 to 1940 during the Spanish Civil War the whole place was a grisly torture camp.