Le cinquième élément
The Fifth Element | Das fünfte Element
© 1997 Gaumont / Collection Musée Gaumont / Jack English
Milla Jovovich
Le cinquième élément | The Fifth Element | Das fünfte Element by Luc Besson
FRA 1997, Retrospective
© 1997 Gaumont / Collection Musée Gaumont / Jack English
Gary Oldman
Le cinquième élément | The Fifth Element | Das fünfte Element by Luc Besson
FRA 1997, Retrospective
© 1997 Gaumont / Collection Musée Gaumont / Jack English
Ian Holm, Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich
Le cinquième élément | The Fifth Element | Das fünfte Element by Luc Besson
FRA 1997, Retrospective
© 1997 Gaumont / Collection Musée Gaumont / Jack English
In the year 2263, an extraterrestrial drops in to the flying New York taxi of former special forces officer Korben Dallas. Beautiful Leeloo is on Earth to save the planet from destruction by absolute evil. To do that, she needs four stones symbolising the four elements, which are in the possession of an alien opera star performing on the planet Fhloston Paradise. To capture the stones, Dallas and Leeloo must overcome the attempts at world domination by weapons dealer Zorg, attacks by his mercenary army of hideous Mangalores and the cheerfulness of entertainer Ruby Rhod ... “The future is fun”. Inspired by the work of cartoonists Moebius and Jean-Claude Mézières, Luc Besson created a colourful counterpoint to the dystopian “neo noir” look. Borrowing from the urban prophecies in Metropolis and Blade Runner, and with the aid of novel make-up design and a combination of chromakey and digital effects, the film is a post-modern mix of styles and epochs. But it was above all the designs of fashion icon Jean-Paul Gaultier, who created 300 costumes that were as extravagant as they were erotic, that turned the screen into an intergalactic catwalk showing off a society of the spectacle.
With
- Bruce Willis
- Gary Oldman
- Ian Holm
- Milla Jovovich
- Chris Tucker
- Luke Perry
- Brion James
- Lee Evans
- Mathieu Kassovitz
- Maïwenn
Crew
| Director | Luc Besson |
| Screenplay | Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen based on an idea by Luc Besson |
| Cinematography | Thierry Arbogast |
| Editing | Sylvie Landra |
| Music | Éric Serra |
| Sound | Daniel Brisseau |
| Production Design | Dan Weil |
| Costumes | Jean Paul Gaultier |
| Make-Up | Lois Burwell |
| Producer | Patrice Ledoux |
Produced by
Gaumont
Additional information
DCP: Gaumont, Neuilly sur Seine