Tonight on TV: Sophie Marceau as James Bond girl, do you like it?

Sophie Marceau began her acting career at the age of 14 in the film La Boum. The success of this comedy is such that two years later the young actor finds his character as a rebellious teenager in La Boum 2. Her performance won her a César for Best Actress.

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After that, Sophie Marceau took her place among the “greats” of French cinema, successively answering to Gerard Depardieu and Jean-Paul Belmondo. Quickly crowned France’s favorite actress, she excelled especially under the lens of Polish director Andrzej Żulawski, as well as in period films.

In the mid-1990s, Sophie Marceau was able to break into Hollywood thanks to excellent roles. A French princess in love with Mel Gibson in Braveheart, she threw herself into Anna Karenina, then convinced herself that the James Bond girl in Le Monde is not enough. Indeed, he lends his qualities to Elektra King, whose agent 007 must provide protection after her father, industrialist Robert King, dies in an assassination.

Directed by Michael Apted, this opus faithfully respects the saga recipe: smooth action, Pierce Brosnan equaling himself, a funny bad guy played by Robert Carlyle.

When it came out in 1999, The world is not enough Made over $361 million at the worldwide box office on a budget of $135 million. In France, the film gathered more than 3 million viewers.

The world is not enough Michael Apted with Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Robert Carlyle…

Tonight on France 2 at 21:10.