The Fifth Element

the Fifth Element is a Franco-American film of Luc Besson, left in 1997.

Synopsis

In a near future an extraterrestrial vessel explodes near the ground. Only survives it an embryonic mass which, recovered by the soldiers, is moulted in a superb red-headed young woman, Leeloo ( Leeloo Mina Lekatariba Laminatcha Ekbat D Sebat ). Frightened, this one escapes from the HQ before falling on the taxi of Korben Dallas which, like all the other vehicles, moves in the airspace of the city. Taking made and causes for it, Korben, old agent of the security forces, the assistance to flee its prosecutors and leads it in the Cornelius father, who recognizes in it… the fifth element. All three will have to find a case containing four stones representing each one an element (ground, fire, air, water) which, once joined together with the fifth element, form the only weapon known against the evil incarnated by a meteorite which moves towards the Earth.

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  • Luc Besson took care that the film is of French nationality taking into consideration selection criteria various, as well in the financial montage for which Gaumont assumed the total responsibility, that the nomination of French at the post offices technique-key (photography, music, assembly, etc) taken into account in particular for the Césars or the Oscars. This categorization makes it possible to obtain for film an financial aid of the National center of cinematography (CNC).
  • the film received a reception of the rather cold public in the United States (63 million dollars), which enough astonishing taking into account very American casting however (Bruce Willis at the head of poster). The receipts of film will be caught up with abroad or they will bring back 200 million dollars.

Rewards

See too

  • Photographs of the film

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