TRIBUTE TO GEORGES MÉLIÈS

Our “Georges” collection is a tribute to the Parisian director and illusionist Georges Méliès. At the origin of the first cinematographic special effects, this trained magician invented special effects and laid the foundations of modern cinema. In 1902, he made his masterpiece, “A Trip to the Moon”. Yes, the first science fiction film is French! In an emblematic scene, we see a team of astronauts projected by a cannon into the eye of the moon…