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

In Italy the film was not released theatrically despite a September 2005 announcement. Instead, it appeared directly on DVD on 23-11-2005.

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Goofs

When Joséphine is beaten before being thrown out of the boat, a cut on her lip is visible before she is hit the first time.

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Connections

Version of Arsene Lupin's Last Adventure (1923)

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Soundtracks

"Barcarolle from 'Les Contes d'Hoffmann'"
Music by Jacques Offenbach

User Reviews

Lush, sweeping and epic...

Firstly, I've not read the novel, nor seen previous adaptations of this famous French yarn. Therefore, I had no preconceived ideas or notions, nor could I compare it. I saw it on the excellent satellite TV French film channel, Cinemoi.

French films are often low budget, intimate and charming relationship dramas. This, however, is as big budgeted, grand and sweeping as any Hollywood fare, with a superbly rousing score from British composer Debbie Wiseman. The opening scenes are dashing and daring and sets one up for an exciting film. If you thought that only the Brits can pull off a decent period drama, then this, with its superb cinematography will have you swooning.

Romain Duris is suitably dark'n'dashing as the hero in question and Kristen Scott-Thomas, whom I've not always liked, plays Joséphine, the comtesse de Cagliostro that he is seduced by. Lupin's antics, with daring stunts and disguises then start to roll into each other and the story became less clear for me, though it always retains its rollicking fun and adventure.

Whether or not, this version is faithful to the original, or is any better or worse than the previous film versions (one of which, from 1932 starred John Barrymore) I cannot say. For me though, I was pleasantly and solidly entertained and whilst it lost ground in the middle for me, I enjoyed it.