Attention cult film! Tuesday January 7, 2025 at 9:10 p.m., TF1 broadcasts the biggest success of 1994 at the French box office.
The year 1997 was particularly good for movie buffs of all kinds. While fans of horror films were able to discover the first part of the saga Scream directed by the late Wes Craven, fans of Tim Burton's cinema enjoyed watching Mars attacks and its cult replicas. And while The English Patient et Romeo+Juliet made the hearts of the most romantic spectators beat, Alien, The Resurrection Directed by Frenchman Jean-Pierre Jeunet marked the big return of Sigourney Weaver in the cult role of Ellen Ripley. Disney fans were not left out, as the animation studios revisited Greek mythology in Hercule. And if the little English film The Full Monty was undoubtedly the surprise hit of the year, however it could not compete with the phenomenon The Truth if I lie!, nor with the planetary invasion of the first part of the saga Men in Black. But it's another film that won everything in its path in 1997 and it is precisely this feature film that TF1 is broadcasting on Tuesday January 7, 2025 at 9:10 p.m.
Which film was the biggest success of 1997 at the cinema in France?
This film, which attracted more than 7.7 million spectators in cinemas in 1997, is The fifth element by Luc Besson. For the occasion, the French director surrounded himself with international actors, starting with Bruce Willis, the action film superstar of the time. The hero of the saga Die Hard plays Korben Dallas, a taxi driver who despite himself finds himself in the middle of a merciless struggle between Good and Evil after meeting the mysterious Leeloo, played by Milla Jovovitch. The Ukrainian actress plays her very first major role in the cinema, long before playing Alice several times in the saga. Resident Evil. Facing them, the Englishman Gary Oldman is Zorg, the damned soul of Evil. The cast is completed by Ian Holm, Chris Tucker, brilliant in the role of the crazy Ruby Rhod, as well as the late Luke Perry, the unforgettable Dylan of the series Beverly Hills.
What other cult films has Luc Besson directed?
Yes Le Fifth element is undoubtedly a cult film and a big success, it is far from being the only one in Luc Besson's filmography. Thus, nine years earlier, he triumphed with The Big Bluea very personal film inspired by the life of Jacques Mayol. Although widely praised at the Cannes Film Festival and lukewarmly received by critics, The Big Blue won over the public. Nearly 9.2 million spectators went to see it in theaters and the film left its mark on an entire generation. If they did not experience a destiny as extraordinary as The Big Bluemovies Nikita with Anne Parillaud in 1990, and Léon which revealed Natalie Portman when she was only 12 years old, were both successes. And what about Lucy with Scarlett Johansson who was a hit in France, but also outside France, becoming the biggest success of French cinema abroad for 20 years, surpassing Taken 2 et… The Fifth Element !
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