Sunday Cinema Club
Director | LUC BESSON
USA / 1995 / Colour / 110’ / DCP
English, Italian, French; Turkish sub.
Screenplay | Luc Besson
Cast | Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman
The action movie by the master French director Luc Besson of 1995, Léon: The Professional is regarded amongst the all-time best enchanting movies in the history of cinema by its impressive characters and dialogues that simply get in audience’s blood. Representing a significant milestone in the director’s career, the spectacular movie meets the audience once again in Sunday Cinema Club event at Kundura Cinema held on the last Sunday of every month, in the memory of Sunday night cinema zone in the 80s and 90s.
The movie starts when Mathilda, a 12 year old girl whose whole family is murdered, rings the bell of their neighbor, the gunman Léon to save her own life, with a flowerpot on one hand, and teddy bear on the other and begs “Please open the door” desperately and in tears she is trying to hide. Léon: The Professional makes an utterly different remark on innocence, mercy, kindness and love by turning upside down the absolute good and absolute evil definitions in minds.
The main character Léon is portrayed by the master actor Jean Reno. Mathilda is acted out by Natalie Portman, giving hints about her present success nowadays with her stunning performance when she was only 13. Even though the movie essentially focuses on a very special and unordinary bond between these characters, Stansfield, characterized by Gary Oldman, also has a highly important role in the impressiveness of the story. The innocent bond between Léon and Mathilda touches the audience’s heart a bit more, because of the incredibly evil character Stansfield.
It is said that the director Besson laid the foundations of the movie Léon: The Professional with his previous movie Nikita. Victor in the movie Nikita is also a gunman and acted out by Jean Reno again. Nevertheless, unlike Léon, Victor keeps in the background in Nikita. This must have annoyed Besson later, since the famous actor then meets the audience in the foreground via a humanistic gunman role. Léon is amongst the most unforgettable characters in the history of cinema both by exactly these reasons and the contrasts it incorporates; the character almost sticks in audience’s mind with its short but effective opinions about life throughout the movie.
- Regular - 30 TL
- Discount (Student /60+ Age) - 18 TL
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Seating Plan: Seats are not numbered.
The Venue: Guests could enter the venue 2 hours before the session for which they have a ticket.
We would like to remind that the ticket allows enjoying the designated areas only. Visiting the film sets in Beykoz Kundura is not permitted. We kindly ask you to stay in the designated area.
Recording with a professional camera is not allowed unless you have a written permit. We ask you to leave your recording devices to the security point at the entrance of Beykoz Kundura.
Screenings: All the films, except from the children’s film, will be screened in the original language with Turkish subtitles. In case of a technical problem in the electronic subtitle system, first we will try to fix it and if it could not be fixed, the screening will be held without subtitles.
After the sessions begin, it is not allowed to enter the hall. We kindly ask our guests to attend the sessions on time.
Children: Children under the age of 3 are not allowed in the movie theaters to protect their hearing health. We kindly ask you not to bring children under the age of 7 to the movie theater, unless there is a children’s movie.
Recording: Recording by camera, mobile phone or any recording device is not allowed during the sessions.
Food&Drink: You may enjoy the food and drink services at Kundura Cinema or you may prefer Beykoz Kundura’s restaurant, Demirane.
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TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets are available at Beykoz Kundura website and Kundura Box Office.
Kundura Box Office Working Hours:
Weekdays: 10 am – 5 pm
Weekend: 12 pm – 9 pm
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