Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre

Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jean-Paul Salomé
Produced by	Alain Sarde Christine Gozlan
Written by	Jean-Paul Salomé Danièle Thompson Jérôme Tonnerre
Starring	Sophie Marceau Michel Serrault Frédéric Diefenthal Julie Christie
Music by	Bruno Coulais
Cinematography	Jean-François Robin
Editing by	Suzy Elmiger
Distributed by	01 Rai Cinema
Release date(s)	4 April 2001 (2001-04-04) (France)
Running time	97 minutes
Language	French
Budget	€ 16,000,000[1]

Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre (French: Belphégor – Le fantôme du Louvre) is a 2001 French mystery horror film directed by Jean-Paul Salomé and starring Sophie Marceau, Michel Serrault, Frédéric Diefenthal, and Julie Christie.^[1] Written by Salomé, Danièle Thompson, and Jérôme Tonnerre, the film is about a mummy's spirit that possesses a woman (Sophie Marceau) in the Paris museum. Based on the 1927 horror novel Belphégor by Arthur Bernède, this film is the third dramatized adaptation, following the first film in 1927, and a TV miniseries in 1965. Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre was filmed on location at the Musée du Louvre, the first feature film to be shot in part inside the world-famous museum.^[2]

Plot

A rare collection of artifacts from an archeological dig in Egypt are brought to the famous Musée du Louvre in Paris. While experts are using a laser scanning device to determine the age of a sarcophagus, a ghostly spirit escapes and makes its way into the museum's electrical system. Museum curator Faussier (Jean-Francois Balmer) brings in a noted Egyptologist, Glenda Spencer (Julie Christie), to examine the findings, and she announces that the mummy inside the coffin was actually the evil spirit Belphegor.

Meanwhile, a young woman named Lisa (Sophie Marceau) who lives across the street from the museum follows her runaway cat into the Louvre after closing time. She is accidentally given a shock that sends the stray spirit into her body. Soon Lisa is disguising herself as Belphegor and making off with the rare Egyptian treasures on display at the museum, convinced that they are rightfully hers. When Belphegor proves more than a match for the Louvre's security forces, renowned detective Verlac (Michel Serrault) is brought out of retirement to find out why the museum's Egyptian collection has been shrinking.

Cast

• Sophie Marceau as Lisa
• Michel Serrault as Verlac
• Frédéric Diefenthal as Martin
• Julie Christie as Glenda Spender
• Jean-François Balmer as Bertrand Faussier
• Patachou as Geneviève
• Lionel Abelanski as Simonnet
• Françoise Lépine as Suzanne Dupré
• François Levantal as Mangin
• Jacques Martial as Félix
• Philippe Maymat as Bob
• Pierre Aussedat as Pierre Desfontaines
• Matteo Vallon as Cemetery employee
• Jean-Claude Bolle-Reddat as Cemetery warden
• Juliette Gréco as Woman in the cemetery^[3]

References

External links

• Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre at the Internet Movie Database
• Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre at AllRovi

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