“Dracula”: Luc Besson has made a pod

It's a leap into the past. Between the food court at Les Halles and the municipal swimming pool, Luc Besson welcomes the first spectators in Luc Besson costume: with that forever tousled haircut, a tracksuit jacket that's had its day, and a small Nike sports backpack that reinforces that look of an eternal teenager who will never change (he's now 66) - change, for what purpose?

It's 9:30 a.m. when he arrives in theater 1 to present Dracula : A Love Tale - Libération , who wasn't invited to the press screenings, has bought his ticket. " It's good to see people! " he begins in front of a room three-quarters full of fans, themselves looking a bit like him, before introducing his set designer, his stuntman. "We've brought you a young girl," he continues, elegantly, to introduce Zoé Bleu, the lead actress, whom he specifies is the daughter of Rosanna Arquette, the female lead in The Big Blue , present at the back of the room - hello Rosanna! " This film was made with a lot of love and a lot of magic! " the young woman specifies.

There is something magical, indeed, not to say improbable and incongruous. In the middle of summer, here is Luc Besson again, the Luc Besson we constantly believe to be finished, buried under layers of scandal, accused of sexual violence - targeted by a complaint for rape filed by the actress Sand Van Roy, he benefited from a dismissal made definitive by