Arsene Lupin (2003)
Normandy 1894. A seductive, bright and fiery young man in his early twenties decides to follow his passion for burglary, through adventures that will make his name famous. This young man is Arsene Lupin…
Freely adapted from the novel by Maurice Leblanc “The Countess of Cagliostro”, the film narrates the formative years of this charming and ambiguous character. Though the film is steeped in the “juice” of the romantic turn-of-the-century, Arsene Lupin will become the “modern” hero that we all know. In this new adaptation, that takes us from the cliffs of the Caux countryside to the murky Paris of that period, we follow his sentimental education, but also his will to tackle the whole range of human emotions. Because even though he chose to live as an outlaw and turned his back on the moral code of a society in the middle of the industrial revolution, the dashing Lupin refused to resort to murder to forge his famous image of gentleman-burglar…
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