Belphegor: Phantom of the Louvre

2001 [FRENCH]

Action / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery

6
IMDb Rating 4.5/10 10 5398 5.4K

mummy louvre museum

Plot summary

A collection of artifacts from an archeological dig in Egypt are brought to the famous Louvre museum in Paris, and while experts are using a laser scanning device to determine the age of a sarcophagus, a ghostly spirit escapes and makes its way into the museum's electrical system.

Director

Jean-Paul Salomé Photo
Jean-Paul Salomé

Top cast

Sophie Marceau Photo
Sophie Marceau as Lisa / Belphégor
Gaspard Ulliel Photo
Gaspard Ulliel as (scenes deleted)
Martine Erhel Photo
Martine Erhel as Museum curator
Julie Christie Photo
Julie Christie as Glenda Spender
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
889.5 MB
1280*536
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles fr  
24 fps
1 hr 36 min
Seeds ...
1.78 GB
1916*802
French 5.1
NR
Subtitles fr  
24 fps
1 hr 36 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by dbdumonteil

Better watch the made-for -tv first version!

This is a complete disaster !The cock-and-bull story defies any explanation.The cast is wasted to a fault:I hadn't even recognized Julie Christie until the final cast and credits.Michel Serrault overplays as hell and is almost unbearable.Sophie Marceau is beautiful ,the director does not ask her for more.Jean-François Balmer, a very talented actor is unable to do anything with his empty character.One good line in the whole dialogue:the museum attendant to an old lady :"Mona Lisa?I dunno".One magic moment in a 90 minutes film the screenplay of which could have been written by a ten-year-old: in the graveyard,Marceau bumps into Juliette Gréco who strangely smiles at her:Greco was the first heroine of the miniseries in 1965.This made-for-TV work was first-rate and has worn superbly well today:if you get the chance to see it,please do!Its obsolete charm is inestimable.NB:both the movie and the series were remakes of a silent movie by Henri Desfontaines.(1926)
Reviewed by nirvanafan37-1 5 / 10

YAY Another Ordinary Film

Kind of like our version of the mummy it is about a phantom who haunts the Louvre. The writing is not that great, nor is most of the writing in films like this one in terms of hooking you into the story. It was very predictable in terms of what was to happen next. So that definitely knocks a few points from a higher vote, I personally like to wonder what happens and have a guess at what could unfold. Sophie Marceau plays Lisa a really dull nervous/anxious commonly seen before type of character, who of course gets caught up in some drama as the movie drags on to the predictable finish. This is nothing like a french cinema movie, much more like a Hollywood film. I am a big fan of foreign cinema, and Sophie Marceau and felt this film was a very average, done before kind of deal. The fact it had lots of action is one plus, because I liked that the action was the only thing that kept me going in this completely ordinary done before film. I give it an ordinary 5 out of 10, if you are going to rent foreign, rent "La Fidelite" also starring Sophie Marceau
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