Yes, gone are the days of mummy images that create horror throughout a whole movie! With Luc Besson, they are “sophisticated, a bit snobbish, and above all, very humorous.” The touch of humor can be found here and there in Adèle Blanc-Sec, a young and beautiful, intrepid, and determined journalist who gracefully juggles with anachronisms.
These mummies and this modern, free young woman who is unafraid of society were born from the pen of Jacques Tardi in 1976. Twenty-four years later, it is in front of the camera of the director of The Big Blue that the comic book bubbles come to life on the big screen. By drawing from the volumes of “The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec,” Luc Besson establishes his universe, one in which Jacques Tardi recognized his comic and his character. Luc Besson’s twelfth feature film is a successful adaptation of the first volumes: Adèle and the Beast, The Mad Scientist, and Mummies on Parade. “I had to adapt a comic book that you read in 20 minutes into a 107-minute movie,” notes the director. Mission accomplished, since by densifying the narrative and energizing the pace, the extraordinary adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec hold the viewer in suspense from the first to the last second of the film. It is noteworthy that the film’s soundtrack is performed by Thomas Dutronc and Louise Bourgoin.
The story? Well, it’s about Adèle Blanc-Sec, a little wisp of a woman who is unstoppable, played by Louise Bourgoin, who has only one goal: to save her twin sister by bringing back to life the ancient mummy of an Egyptian doctor, with the help of a mad scientist. Extraordinary, isn’t it? Wait, it’s not over yet! While this “Mary Poppins/Indiana Jones” is in Cairo, the mysterious spiritist resurrects “to practice” a pterodactyl that terrorizes the capital… A pterodactyl? It’s a bird whose 136 million-year-old egg has hatched. Extraordinary, isn’t it? Well, yes, in this feature film, practically everything is extraordinary: the setting, the costumes, the characters, the anachronisms, the puns, the special effects… But, the most extraordinary is “having convinced Ramses II to be part of the cast,” continues Luc Besson. In short, 107 minutes of extraordinary adventures to savor with friends or family. “It’s a film for all audiences. Let’s say the girls like the beautiful dresses worn by the actors, and the boys prefer the pterodactyl,” comments Luc Besson.
In the lineup of “The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec,” you will discover:
– Louise Bourgoin, aka Adèle Blanc-Sec, a heroine with many facets, sympathetic, who opens her mouth to deliver a quip “But she is above all one of the first free women of the early century. She smokes in her bath, she drinks alcohol…,” notes Luc Besson.
– Matthieu Amalric, aka Dieuleveult, almost unrecognizable in his villain role.
– Gilles Lellouche, aka Inspector Caponi, as recognizable as Matthieu Amalric!
– Jean-Paul Rouve, aka Justin de Saint Hubert, a guest appearance that will make you die laughing as usual, with the mission: to hunt the pterodactyl.
– Jacky Nercessian, aka Espérandieu, the mad scientist who will revive the pterodactyl and fabulously overacts.
So, meet today or tomorrow in theaters for “The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec.” It’s pure relaxation! Bon voyage! But be careful, the pterodactyl might take flight on the big screen!
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