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1991 French film

Atlantis
French theatrical poster
Directed by	Luc Besson
Written by	Luc Besson
Produced by	Luc Besson
Cinematography	Luc Besson Christian Pétron
Edited by	Luc Besson
Music by	Éric Serra
Production companies	Gaumont Les Films du Loup Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica
Distributed by	Gaumont (France) Penta Distribuzione (Italy)
Release dates	21 August 1991 (1991-08-21) (France) September 1991 (1991-09) (Italy)
Running time	78 minutes
Countries	France Italy

Atlantis is a 1991 French-Italian documentary film about oceans, filmed over a two-year period by Luc Besson.

Plot

Except for the last shot of the film, the entire documentary takes place underwater with only titles and music by Éric Serra existing beyond the imagery.

Parts

The film is divided into small parts:

Premier jour (first day)

La lumiére (light)
L'esprit (spirit)
Le mouvement (movement)
Le jeu (play)
La grâce (grace)
La nuit (night)
La foi (faith)
La tendresse (tenderness)
L'amour (love)
La haine (hate)

Dernier jour (last day)

La naissance (birth)

References

"Atlantis". Digitalvd.de. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
"Luc Besson Biography - Yahoo! Movies". Archived from the original on 23 December 2009. Retrieved 2010-06-07.

External links

Atlantis at IMDb
Critic reviews at Rotten Tomatoes

Luc Besson

Filmography

Films

Directed	Le Dernier Combat (1983) Subway (1985) The Big Blue (1988) La Femme Nikita (1990) Atlantis (1991) Léon: The Professional (1994) The Fifth Element (1997) The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) Angel-A (2005) Arthur and the Minimoys (2006) Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard (2009) Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds (2010) The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010) The Lady (2011) The Family (2013) Lucy (2014) Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) Anna (2019) Dogman (2023) Dracula: A Love Tale (2025)
Written	Kamikaze (1986) Taxi (1998) Taxi 2 (2000) The Dancer (2000) Kiss of the Dragon (2001) Wasabi (2001) Yamakasi (2001) The Transporter (2002) Fanfan la Tulipe (2003) Taxi 3 (2003) Michel Vaillant (2003) Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse (2004) District 13 (2004) Revolver (2005) Transporter 2 (2005) Unleashed (2005) Bandidas (2006) Taxi 4 (2007) Taken (2008) Transporter 3 (2008) District 13: Ultimatum (2009) From Paris with Love (2010) Colombiana (2011) Lockout (2012) Taken 2 (2012) 3 Days to Kill (2014) Brick Mansions (2014) Taken 3 (2015) The Transporter Refueled (2015) The Warriors Gate (2016) Renegades (2017) Arthur, malédiction (2022) Weekend in Taipei (2024)
Produced	Cold Moon (1991) Nil by Mouth (1997) Chaos and Desire (2002) Les Côtelettes (2003) Taxi (2004) The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) Love and Other Disasters (2006) Nuovomondo (2006) Tell No One (2006) The Secret (2007) Hitman (2007) Taken (2008) Home (2009) Staten Island (2009) 22 Bullets (2010) The Source (2011) A Monster in Paris (2011) Collision (2013) Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (2013) The Homesman (2014) Taxi 5 (2018)

TV series

Transporter: The Series (2012–2014)
No Limit (2012–2015)
Taxi Brooklyn (2014)
Taken (2017–2018)