- Louise Bourgoin as Adele Blanc-Sec
Director LUC BESSON (Leon, The Fifth Element) transports us to early 20th-century Paris in his latest big-screen outing, ADELE BLANC-SEC.
Adapted by Besson from the comic books of Jacques Tardi, the film follows a young novelist on her fantastic adventures with newly-hatched pterodactyls and recently resurrected mummies.
Click on the audio file below to hear Besson chat to film journalist Jan Gilbert about falling in love with Adele Blanc-Sec, why Adele’s the grandmother of Lara Croft, and casting Louise Bourgoin in the title role.
LUC BESSON INTERVIEW:
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**ADELE BLANC-SEC is in UK cinemas from 22 April
