Adventures of Arsene Lupin (2004)
"Arsène Lupin" (original title)

As the daring thief Arsène Lupin (Duris) ransacks the homes of wealthy Parisians, the police, with a secret weapon in their arsenal, attempt to ferret him out.

Director:

Jean-Paul Salomé

Writers:

Jean-Paul Salomé (scenario), Laurent Vachaud (scenario),

Stars:

Romain Duris, Kristin Scott Thomas, Pascal Greggory

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Romain Duris	...	Arsène Lupin
Kristin Scott Thomas	...	Joséphine - comtesse de Cagliostro
Pascal Greggory	...	Beaumagnan - Théophraste Lupin
Eva Green	...	Clarisse de Dreux-Soubise
Robin Renucci	...	Le duc de Dreux-Soubise
Patrick Toomey	...	Léonard
Mathieu Carrière	...	Le duc d'Orléans
Philippe Magnan	...	Bonnetot
Philippe Lemaire	...	Le cardinal d'Etigues
Marie Bunel	...	Henriette Lupin
Françoise Lépine	...	La duchesse
Aurélien Wiik	...	Jean Lupin
Jessica Boyde	...	La femme aux diamants
Guillaume Huet	...	Arsène Lupin enfant
Adèle Csech	...	Clarisse enfant

Storyline

As the daring thief Arsène Lupin (Duris) ransacks the homes of wealthy Parisians, the police, with a secret weapon in their arsenal, attempt to ferret him out.

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Plot Keywords:

thief | police | nudity | love | paris france | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Crime | Mystery | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [ru] SND [fr]

Country:

France Italy Spain UK

Language:

French

Release Date:

13 October 2004 (France)

Also Known As:

Adventures of Arsene Lupin

Filming Locations:

Abbaye du Moncel, Pontpoint, Oise, France

Box Office

Budget:

€23,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$1,502,926 (France) (22 October 2004)

Gross:

$6,311,538 (Europe) (29 October 2004)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hugo Films, TF1 Films Production, M6 Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

125 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Last film of 'Philippe Lemaire'.

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Connections

Version of Enter Arsene Lupin (1944)

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Soundtracks

"Christ lag in Todesbanden BWV. 625"
Music by Johann Sebastian Bach
Organ: Wolfgang Ruebsam

User Reviews

Interesting beginning, the rest is simply outrageous!

"Arsen Lupin" and "Immortel" were among the films that i went to see during the French Film festival in Belgrade. While i immortel left a good impression on me Arsen Lupin got me and a couple of my friends laughing. Here's why: First of all, "The Adventures of Arsen Lupin" are a series of books which tell a story of a Gentleman Thief in the 19th century. The books are enjoyable if you are a fan of romantic-adventure novels.

The film tries to squeeze a few of these books into a whole. This was in my opinion a mistake from the start. The film starts unwinding at about the 1 hour mark and keeps unwinding for another hour, meaning that its ending for a whole hour. The scenes quickly jump from one thing to another not explaining the who or why, characters come and go, places, things, details... After an hour or so you can't even remember what happened 2 minutes ago and frankly you stop caring since the plot makes 360 degree turns every frame. Instead you catch yourself enjoying the unbelievable plot twists and the speed at which they unfold in a bad way, I had the whole cinema laughing throughout the second part of the film. All the characters are switched around, so in the end his father is trying to kill him (WHY?!), oh yeah and he is searching for this treasure which is shown by placing certain crosses together.

Also he seems to be in love with a witch/devil character who tries to use him but doesn't, then does and so on... Another comic character was the witch's henchman who had a metal plate covering half of his face, his role is also unclear. The costumes and scenery are very well done but they don't do much to fix the script, editing and awful directing. The first half of the film starts out slow and slightly boring but the second half is fast, confusing and outright funny. I loved laughing my head off at the unbelievable plot twists in the second half of the film. Otherwise its not worth seeing this film.