Every day, AlloCiné recommends a film to (re)watch on TV. Tonight: Pierce Brosnan as Agent 007.
It was at the age of 14 that Sophie Marceau began her career as an actress, starring in La Boum. The success of this comedy is such that, two years later, the young actress finds her character as a rebellious teenager in La Boum 2. Her performance earned her the César for Best Female Hope.
Sophie Marceau then made a place for herself among “the greats” of French cinema, successively giving the reply to Gérard Depardieu and Jean-Paul Belmondo. Quickly crowned France’s favorite actress, she distinguished herself in particular through the lens of Polish director Andrzej Żuławski, as well as in period films.
In the mid-1990s, Sophie Marceau managed to break into Hollywood thanks to remarkable roles. French princess in love with Mel Gibson in Braveheart, she imposed herself in Anna Karenina, then convinced in James Bond Girl in Le Monde is not enough. She indeed lends her features to Elektra King, whose agent 007 must ensure the protection since his father, the industrialist Robert King, died assassinated.
Directed by Michael Apted, this opus faithfully respects the recipe of the saga: smooth action, a Pierce Brosnan equal to himself, an exuberant bad guy played by Robert Carlyle, a bewitching credits that we owe to Garbage.
When it was released in 1999, The world is not enough totaled more than 361 million dollars at the worldwide box office, for a budget of 135 million. In France, the film has accumulated more than 3 million admissions.
The world is not enough by Michael Apted with Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Robert Carlyle…
Tonight on France 2 at 9:10 p.m.