The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
Giants, fairies, magicians, ghosts, dragons, and monsters of all kinds… Here’s what your Cinémathèque has in store this summer! Since Méliès, filmmakers have embraced the fanstastic potential of cinema, creating infinite phantasmagorias and extraordinary spectacles where the unreal becomes real. Step into a world of fantasy and boundless imagination: whatever your generation, the monsters and wonders that once filled your childhood dreams are back this summer 2025!
Winner of the César award for Best Production Design in 2011
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Adèle Blanc-Sec returns from Egypt with a mummy whose knowledge she hopes can cure her sister, who has been in a coma for several years. The old scientist who was to help her revive the mummy has been imprisoned and given the death penalty for letting a pterodactyl be born. Adèle must help him and find the animal.
Luc Besson
Luc Besson is a French director, producer, and screenwriter, known for creating around twenty feature films, eight of which are among the 100 highest-grossing French films worldwide. He gained recognition with his early works, Le dernier combat (1983) and Subway (1985), and achieved box office success with The Big Blue (1988), which sold over 9 million tickets and brought him international exposure. He continued his success with films such as Nikita (1990), Léon: The Professional (1994), The Fifth Element (1997), for which he won the César Award for Best Director, and The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999). He also wrote three successful film series that did well internationally: Taxi, Taken, and The Transporter. He achieved another international success with Lucy (2014), which became the highest-grossing French film worldwide. The following year, at the 40th César Awards, he was honored with an exceptional gold medal by the Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques for his "exceptional artistic and entrepreneurial contribution to French cinema over three decades."
