Directed by Luc Besson,
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010), alternately titled
Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec and
Adèle: Rise of the Mummy,
was loosely based on the comic books by Jacques Tardi. The story
focuses on a famous journalist and travel writer named Adele Blanc-Sec,
on expedition in Egypt in 1911 looking for the mummy of a royal
physician, who desperately needs it's ancient magic to heal her injured
and comatose sister. Oh, and there is a pterodactyl, hatched from a 135
million year old egg at a natural history museum, on the loose in Paris.
Great acting, witty French humor, free sense of adventure and wondrous
mummy effects permeate the well-written script. The cinematography is
superb, capturing the vintage early 20th Century Museum environment and
archaeological atmosphere in vibrant hues, including shots of the
galleries inside the Louvre and panoramas of the Sphinx and Great
Pyramid of Giza. Louise Bourgoin is fantastic and beautiful as Adèle
Blanc-Sec. The supporting cast is great as well, including Mathieu
Amalric, Gilles Lellouche and Jean-Paul Rouve.
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| The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec. 2010: Louise Bourgoin |
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| The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec. 2010: Louise Bourgoin |
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| The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec. 2010 |
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| The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec. 2010: Louise Bourgoin |
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| The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec. 2010 |
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| The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec. 2010: Louise Bourgoin |
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| The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec. 2010 |
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| The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec. 2010: Louise Bourgoin |
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| The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec. 2010: Louise Bourgoin |
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| The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec. 2010 |
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| The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec. 2010: Louise Bourgoin |
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| The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec. 2010: Louise Bourgoin |
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| The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec. 2010 |
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| The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec. 2010: Louise Bourgoin |
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| The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec. 2010 |
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| The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec. 2010: Louise Bourgoin |
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| The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec. 2010 |
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| The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec. 2010 |
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| The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec. 2010: Louise Bourgoin |
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| The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec. 2010 |
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| The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec. 2010: Louise Bourgoin |
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| The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec. 2010: Louise Bourgoin |
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| The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec. 2010: Louise Bourgoin |
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| The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec. 2010: Louise Bourgoin |
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| The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec. 2010: Louise Bourgoin |
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| The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec. 2010 |
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| The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec. 2010: Louise Bourgoin |
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| The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec. 2010: Louise Bourgoin |
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| The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec. 2010: Louise Bourgoin |
