Belphégor - Le Fantôme du Louvre (2001)

Belphégor - Le Fantôme du Louvre (2001, FRA) C-97m. SCOPE **½ D: Jean-Paul Salomé. Starring Sophie Marceau, Michel Serrault, Frédéric Diefenthal, Julie Christie, Jean-Francois Balmer, Juliette Gréco. An Egyptian mummy is brought to the famous Louvre in Paris, replete with ancient curse and angry pharao. Marceau, a young woman who lives near the museum is temporarily possessed by Belphégor… can her new lover Diefenthal help, or old expert Serrault? Well-produced, flashy horror suffers from overly realistic, hi-tech setting but pace is swift, and Serrault and Christie are fun to watch. Based on the novel by Arthur Bernède, which was filmed before as a mini-series in the 1960s. English title: BELPHEGOR - PHANTOM OF THE LOUVRE.


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