Luc Besson, the French film director, producer, and screenwriter who directed The Fifth Element, is born.
The Fifth Element, a French science fiction film directed by Luc Besson, is released. The film stars Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, and Gary Oldman.
Principal photography for The Fifth Element begins in France and London, marking the production phase of this iconic sci-fi film.
Ancient tablets describe the return of the Great Evil every 5000 years and the necessity of the four elemental stones and the Fifth Element to stop it.
The four elemental stones representing Earth, Water, Fire, and Air are created to combat the Great Evil.
The Supreme Being, also known as Leeloo, is born as a perfect Mangalore-human hybrid and the embodiment of the Fifth Element.
Scientists detect a dark cosmic evil energy heading toward Earth, signaling the need to prepare for its arrival.
Leeloo is reconstructed from her DNA by scientists after being found in a beam of blue energy.
Leeloo escapes confinement and searches for the elemental stones to stop the Great Evil.
The ex-special forces major Korben Dallas encounters Leeloo at a church in New York and agrees to help her.
Korben and Leeloo recover the four elemental stones from various locations and arms dealers in New York.
The Great Evil appears as a giant dark sphere heading toward Earth, threatening all life.
Leeloo combines her energy with the four stones at the reconstructed temple to unleash a powerful light that destroys the Great Evil.
