Luc Besson, his best films to review before the release of Dogman. PHOTO

Luc Besson was born in Paris on 18 March 1959. A world-famous director who made action his signature, he then opened his own production company and wrote several novels –

Dogman, the review of the film by Luc Besson with Caleb Landry Jones

Luc Besson begins to make his way in the cinematographic panorama thanks to his first feature films such as “Subway” in 1985 and “Le Grand Bleu” in 1988 –

“The Lady”, Luc Besson’s film about Aung San Suu Kyi

Much loved by the public, especially among young people, Besson has never been appreciated too much by critics. With whom, on some occasions, he confronted in court –

International success exploded in the early 1990s, with “Nikita”, the story of a young French rebel transformed into a secret service killer. The protagonist role is played by his first wife, Anne Parillaud, married in 1986 –

Thanks to Nikita, Anne Parillaud wins the César for best French actress. But right during the ceremony, Besson met the actress Maïwenn Le Besco and married her the following year, when she was just 16 years old –

All the Women by Luc Besson

In 1994 it was the turn of another great success, “Léon”. Alongside Jean Reno, the film launches a very young actress destined for a great future: Natalie Portman –

The best films with Natalie Portman

Besson often intertwined sets and affairs of the heart. In 1997 he directed the science fiction film “The Fifth Element”. During filming he directs his future wife Milla Jovovich, who will also star in “Joan of Arc” –

Milla Jovovich: “Filming a sex scene with De Niro made me cry”

The marriage with Milla Jovovich lasts until 1999. Since 2004, Besson has been married to the producer Virginie Silla, with whom he had three children –

Adele and the Enigma of the Pharaoh: the film by Luc Besson

Alongside the activity of director, there is that of producer. And then as a writer: he wrote four novels on the world of “Arthur and the Minimoys”, which also became a series of films directed by Besson himself. In the photo a frame taken from his 2005 film Angel-A

Lucy, an action woman with the face of Scarlett Johansson

In 2011, Besson made The Lady. It is a biopic about the life of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, played by Michelle Yeoh. The film focuses on the relationship of the Burmese opposition leader with her husband and her family in general, describing the intimate dimension of a woman forced by the regime to live far from her affections, which are steadfast and lasting despite the difficulties

Cara Delevingne, model-actress who seduced Luc Besson

The film Cose nostri – Malavita (The Family) is a 2013 film directed by Luc Besson. The film’s protagonists are Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer and Tommy Lee Jones. It is the film adaptation of the novel Malavita by Tonino Benacquista

Lucy is a 2014 film whose main actors are Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Min-sik Choi and Amr Waked. Johansson plays the protagonist Lucy, a girl who acquires incredible psychophysical abilities, comparable to real superpowers, when a nootropic and psychedelic drug is absorbed into her bloodstream

“Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets”, is a 2017 film that touches on one of Besson’s most loved genres (science fiction) and stars Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne

Action and espionage are the ingredients of the film “Anna”, a 2019 work by the French director. The film, shot with the unmistakable style, between European décor and high-voltage blockbuster packaging. stars the young and beautiful Anna Poliatova, who in just a few weeks has become one of the most sought-after models on the ready-to-wear circuit. But it will soon be discovered that the girl is a lethal KGB agent

DogMan, the latest work by Luc Besson starring a mimetic Caleb Landry Jones, arrives at the cinema on October 12th. After the world premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival, the film arrives in Italian cinemas distributed by Lucky Red