PARIS — As a director with no affection for the horror genre, France’s Luc Besson has made a new version of “Dracula” with American actor Caleb Landry Jones in the principal role as a lovelorn incarnation of the famous vampire.

Besson, best known for “The Fifth Element” and embroiled in sexual assault allegations and financial problems in recent years, has produced what he believes is a “romantic” vision of one of the most notorious Gothic figures.

Titled “Dracula: A Love Story” and based on a relatively minor plotline in the original Bram Stoker book, the 66-year-old director puts Dracula’s search for the reincarnation of his late wife at the heart of his story.

“I’m not a fan of horror films, nor of Dracula,” Besson told Le Parisien newspaper about his production, which straddles seve

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