Luc Besson. The Unbearable Child. Autobiography

The cult director of films "The Big Blue", "Nikita", "Léon", "The Fifth Element", "Taxi", "Joan of Arc", and others. Luc Besson sincerely and artlessly recounts the first thirty years of his life. For the first time, he speaks so frankly... about his parents, his troubled and lost childhood, the loneliness of a little boy, his love for dolphins, his passion for music and cinema.
Besson recalls the day when, against his mother's wishes, he dropped out of school and went to Paris to make films. This act marked the beginning of his desperate struggle to shoot his first feature film and find his place in the world of cinema.
The book tells the story of how a teenager, lacking any support or foundation, escaped from reality into dreams and managed to determine his profession, how he eagerly learned the craft from everyone involved in the world of cinema, whether a director, cameraman, or lighting technician. It discusses how small everyday stories grew into a great artist, how images born from emotional wounds and disappointments entered the treasury of world culture forever.