Léon: The Professional Page #8
- R
- Year:
- 1994
- 110 min
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LEON:
He's sleeping.
He silently gets in the bathroom, followed by Mathilda. They
sit down and look at the man, sleeping in the mid of his warm
bath. Leon pulls out his silencer and screws it on the gun.
MATHILDA:
It's cool departing this way... warm...
music...
LEON:
There are better things. You see the
importance of the "moment". Ten minutes
early or late, he'd have seen death. He'd
have suffered it. This way, he already
departed. Without knowing.
MATHILDA:
...I'd like knowing what he's listening
to...
LEON:
...Later.
Leon lifts his gun's cock and puts the weapon in front of the
man.
- Close-up:
a finger pushes a lift's button.- Close-up:
red light on, lift's coming.- Close-up:
Leon's hands open a packet of chewing-gums.* * * * * * * * * *
ANOTHER BUILDING - ANOTHER DAY
Mathilda and Leon in the corridor of a banal building. Leon
offers a chewing-gum to Mathilda, who accepts it. She's
listening to a walkman. Leon sweetly pulls the headphones off
her head.
LEON(kindly)
Mathilda, we're at work! No music, OK!
She smiles.
MATHILDA:
OK... I like it. It gives me the rhythm.
He smiles. Mathilda finds the door, places her chewing-gum on
the peephole and gets in position for her "chat". True
routine. Leon in position. Mathilda rings the doorbell.
MAN:
...Yes?
MATHILDA:
Excuse me, Mister... I'm looking for
Mister Rubens' apartment, but it's dark
out here and I got lost...
MAN:
...One second.
She thumbs up, alright. Leon keeps concentrated. He hears a
noise he knows. He searches in his memory. FLASH: Leon loads
a kalashnikov. Same noise. Leon catches Mathilda and literally
throws her to the soil. Behind her, the door explodes with
numberless impacts. The man inside empties his charger on the
door. Leon threw away his shears and pulled out his shotgun.
He's furious, to this extent he fears for Mathilda. He gets
concentrated as he's never been. The man inside shouldn't have
become that nervous. Furthermore, he goes on.
MAN:
Come on, little stupid? Is it enough or
want some more! Then? Come on, show me
your face! Come!
MAN:
Did you think you could get me by such
an old trick?! The gum trick, I played
it before your birth, idiot! Come on,
show me your little f***ing face! The gum
trick! Huh! I go.
Mathilda's recovering. Leon sighs.
LEON(to Mathilda)
When it starts this way, it's bad. You
have to make it quickly, or he'll keep us
here for hours with his bullshit!
Leon gets a hand under his overcoat and pulls out something.
LEON(to the man)
Hey!... What about the ring trick... Do
you know it?
MAN:
The ring trick? ...Come on, little
idiot! Show me your famous trick. Come
on, I'm waiting! Come!
From the inside, you see a grenade rolling in the apartment.
MAN:
...Sh*t.
The apartment explodes. Nothing more.
Leon turns toward Mathilda and shows her the ring in his
hand.
LEON:
This is the ring trick.
Mathilda stupidly shakes her head: she's dismayed.
* * * * * * * * * *
TONY'S RESTAURANT
About 4pm. Restaurant is desert, apart from Dino, who's
keeping books at his usual table. An elegantly dressed man
gets inside. He's forced to put away his sunglasses because of
the feeble interior light. He looks nervous. He sits in front
of Tony. He's a little surprised.
TONY:
Tell me, there's nobody in the
restaurant:
you're not forced to sit atmy table?
MAN (still not at ease)
...I need company.
The man pulls out his badge and hands it to Tony. He works
for FBI.
TONY:
Rinaldi... Rinaldi... What region do
you come from?
RINALDI:
Messina.
TONY:
Emilio? Due grappe!
(to Rinaldi)
...Why the hell did you come here?
He returns his badge.
RINALDI:
Rightly... I came here to recover.
Rinaldi hands him a small photograph. Tony looks at it and
turns it to read the note on the back.
TONY:
But... He works for your same employer?
RINALDI:
Yeah, but I don't give a sh*t about. I
trade at left, at right and that's
dangerous in there...
TONY:
It's a little out of the world coming to
visit me this way, on mid afternoon. It
really isn't the usual procedure...
RINALDI:
I know... But I'm a little pressed.
Tony is perplexed.
TONY:
...Who sent you?
RINALDI:
Giancarlo... Rinaldi.
Tony smiles.
TONY:
Is he still alive?
RINALDI:
Yeah... And still in Messina. He's my
uncle.
TONY:
Huh? Are you Alfredo's son, then?
RINALDI:
No... Dino's.
The kid didn't fall in the trap.
TONY (smiling)
...It's true... How is he, the old
Dino?
RINALDI:
He's dead, five years ago...
TONY (saddened)
Sorry... You see what's this job, you
work, you work. You even don't care
visiting friends now and then...
He takes a blackboard and writes 16000 ahead. He gives it to
Rinaldi. Rinaldi reads, then writes "Is it double". Tony
smiles.
TONY:
Have you ever been in Messina, son?
RINALDI:
Yes... Twice.
TONY:
Did you fish in Messina? The "pesce
spada"?
RINALDI:
No...
TONY:
It's a specialty down there. It's a
fishing boat with, in front, a long pole
near the surface. Then, near the cabin, a
very tall mast with a little cabin for
the lookout.
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