The cult director of the films 'Blue Abyss', 'Nikita', 'Leon', 'The Fifth Element', 'Taxi', 'Joan of Arc', etc. Luc Besson talks sincerely and artlessly about the first thirty years of his life. For the first time, he speaks so openly about his parents, about a dysfunctional and restless childhood, about the loneliness of a little boy, about his love for dolphins, about his passion for music and movies.Besson recalls the day when, in defiance of his mother, he dropped out of school and went to Paris to shoot a movie. This act marked the beginning of his desperate struggle to make his first feature film and take his place in the world of cinema.The book tells the story of how, having no support or support and running away from reality in dreams, a teenager managed to decide on a profession, how he eagerly learned the craft from everyone involved in the world of cinema, whether it was a director, cameraman or lighting designer. About how a great artist grew out of small everyday stories, how images were born out of emotional wounds and disappointments, which were forever included in the treasury of world culture.'I'll tell you a story. My own. Confidentially. Not rationally. Artless. With the voice of a child, with the way of thinking of a child. Just the rough truth, as I lived it until time gave it a special meaning in my eyes. I really wanted to see this boy again, whom I had not met for so long...'Luc Besson