Leon Page #6
- R
- Year:
- 1994
- 110 min
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Mathilda thinks fast.
MATHILDA:
Well... Then may you rent me your gear
for the day?
LEON:
I never rent my gear.
Blocked on every front, she sweetly starts crying.
MATHILDA:
Why are you doing this to me, Leon? Why
don't you take me with you for contracts?
If you teach me, we'll can do mine
together! That would be good, wouldn't
it?
Leon intensely look at her, neither severe, nor badly. Just
cold, like an iceberg.
LEON:
Mathilda, nothing is the same, after you
kill someone. Your life changes forever.
You'll can never cancel it, neither from
your memory, nor from your criminal
record... You'll never sleep again like
before, Mathilda.
Mathilda dries up her tears. She's abandoned, exhausted.
MATHILDA:
If you knew, Leon...! I killed one
thousand in my head... And this never
disturbed my sleep.
LEON:
OK... And if it's you who gets killed?
(Mathilda doesn't
reply.)
...Then? Talking about other people's
death is easy, but what about yours?
She's here! She moves around you, and
can get you in a thousandth of second.
Because it was your day, your hour, your
second...
Mathilda looks at him. Leon gets confused.
LEON (con't)
It's written in the sky, from the
beginning, just you don't know! Then
someone announces you like this!
Suddenly! "Did you ask yourself what time
you will die?" Well, it's now! And it's
too late already, you've got a bullet in
your lungs already! There!
He pushes her by his index finger, enough to hurt her.
LEON:
Painful, isn't it?
(He pushes again.)
You don't like talking about death
because you're like everyone: you fear
it...
LEON:
...Well, it's this fear that makes you
live. It's because you fear death that
you live with so much tenacity. It's
because of it that you bear what's
unbearable. You can live in a hovel, on
lots of trash, everything is better than
death and the fear you have of it.
(Pause)
But me... Leon... I don't fear it any
more... They look at each other for a
moment. It takes a long to lose it, this
fear, but once you lost it... You are
free... And just then you can start
working properly... Because you can work
on other people's fear, play with it...
Because "kill or get killed" have become
just words... Do you understand?
Mathilda slightly nods yes.
LEON:
...You can't pretend to make this job,
until you get beyond this stage. The day
you get free of this fear... Not
before...
Mathilda looks at his eyes, without challenge.
MATHILDA:
Leon... I have no fear... It's so.
Leon stares at her. He tries to ascertain truth in Mathilda's
eyes. A long pause.
LEON:
OK...
He takes a weapon, empties the cylinder, then loads just one
bullet.
LEON (con't)
...Do you know this game?
Mathilda nods yes. He turns the cylinder.
LEON:
One shot ahead... I start.
He gets the barrel to his temple so that, if the bullet
explodes, blood will get out with a downward angle. He's ready.
He pulls the trigger. Nothing happens. He puts the gun in
front of her.
Mathilda takes it. She looks at him with so much love he
almost gets upset.
She's not scared. She'd just like things to be different;
maybe she'd like Leon to open his heart to her. She sighs,
looks at the gun. She takes it, lifts the cock and aims the
weapon at her face. She's resigned.
MATHILDA:
...Love or death.
She gets the barrel in her mouth and looks at Leon. A tear
drop on Leon's front. She pulls the trigger. Nothing. She
puts down the gun. Leon stands up, turns around the table and
embraces her. He holds her tight. She's surprised. She kindly
pushes Leon back, to look at his eyes.
MATHILDA:
Am I ready?
Leon pauses, slightly smiles and nods yes. Mathilda closes
her eyes, happy and relieved. She takes his hand and embraces
him for a long. Leon lets her do.
* * * * * * * * * *
MORNING - A FEW DAYS LATER
Leon and Mathilda in a '50s building. Slightly luxury. Leon
checks emergency exits, then gets in front of a door. He moves
his hand along door's border.
MATHILDA:
What are you doing?
LEON:
I'm looking for chain's position.
Sometimes you can't see it, but you can
feel it... Here.
He opens his overcoat and pulls out large shears. He pulls a
chewing-gum out of his mouth and squeezes it on the peephole.
LEON:
I ring and you make him open, OK?
He rings.
MATHILDA (caught slightly off-balance)
What shall I say?
LEON:
Whatever you want.
Mathilda thinks. The guy arrives behind the door.
MAN:
Yes?
MATHILDA:
Good morning, Mister... It's Danielle!
MAN:
Huh! You made an error, baby. I don't
know any Danielle.
MATHILDA:
...I got lost, Mister.
MAN:
Huh? Move back, baby, I can't see
anything.
MATHILDA:
It's not me, it's dark here... and I
can't find the switch.
She looks at Leon and he mimics "mean".
MATHILDA:
Mister... I'm scared.
Leon thumbs up.
MAN:
Huh? Don't move, baby.
Noise:
the man is engaging the safety chain. Leon prepareshis shears at the correct height. The man opens the door. The
chain explodes. Leon already pulled out his silenced gun. The
man is pressed against a wall. Mathilda looks around, takes
the gum off the peephole, gets in the apartment and closes the
door. Leon catches man's throat.
LEON:
Open your mouth.
The man obeys. Leon puts the silencer in his mouth.
LEON (con't)
...If you let go of the gun... I pull
the trigger, OK?
The man, sweaty, nods yes. Leon checks out the apartment and
the man follows him like his shadow. Leon moves without paying
attention to him, forgetting the man is totally concentrated
to do not let the gun out of his mouth. In the living room, on
the desk, syringes and the stuff for them. Leon finished
checking, everything OK. They go into the bathroom.
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