Overview

• Dracula: A Love Tale opens in cinemas on August 14 as a Franco-British English-language production
• Besson foregrounds the romantic core of Stoker’s novel by focusing on Dracula’s four-century wait to reunite with his wife
• The director emphasizes a blend of romance and humor over horror conventions and intentionally bypassed earlier film adaptations to forge an original vision
• The film probes a spiritual crisis as Dracula confronts his belief in God after the loss of his wife
• Caleb Landry Jones, cast before the screenplay was finalized, anchors the story and Besson plans to continue collaborating with him on future projects