Age: 67
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Luc Besson is a French film director, writer, and producer known for making highly visual thriller and action films. Besson has been nominated for, and won, numerous awards and honors from the foreign press, and is often credited as inventing the so-called "Cinema du look" movement in French film. Born in Paris, Besson spent his childhood traveling Europe with his parents and developing an enthusiasm for ocean diving, before an accident would push him toward the world of cinema. After taking odd jobs in the Parisian film scene of the time, Besson began writing stories that would eventually evolve into some of his greatest film successes: The Fifth Element and Le Grand Bleu. In 1980 he founded his own production company, Les Films du Loup later Les Films du Dauphin, and later still EuropaCorp film company with his longtime collaborator, Pierre-Ange Le Poga. Besson's work stretches over twenty-six years and encompasses at least fifty-films.
A role reversal and satire of damsel-in-distress action thrillers like Taken and many Nic Cage movies. This psychological thriller tells the story of Mercy, an aspiring young actress whose life is severely damaged when she is abducted by a criminal ring. The abuse she suffers causes her to become insane, and while this causes her to turn the tables and be able to rescue herself, the damage has caused he to become severely violent against anyone she believes to have "toxic masculinity". Unlike Taken, the story is told from the victim's point of view rather than focusing on the action of the hero.
