The gentleman burglar is rife in France and abroad: this weekend, "Lupine", the series with Omar Sy, available on Netflix since Friday, took first place in the ranking of the platform in France, but also in many other territories.
If Netflix does not communicate more details on the success of its original series, Omar Sy relayed screenshots on Twitter, on which "Lupine" appears number 1 of the site in Brazil, Morocco, the Philippines, Sweden, Belgium, Vietnam, the United Arab Emirates, or even the United States!
Just the boss in fact @OmarSy pic.twitter.com/6bCUxRNzFt
- Bomox (@Bomox_) January 11, 2021
It is not known whether "Lupine" remained at the top of these rankings all weekend, or if it was only at one point: the American news site Deadline thus points out that fiction is the first. French series to rise in the top 10 US of Netflix from its start, specifying that "Lupine" successively occupied the 8th, then the 6th and the 3rd place of the podium ... Anyway, the series created by George Kay ("Killing Eve", "Criminal") arouses curiosity and enjoys critical enthusiasm.
Among the "fans" of this new Lupine, one counts Jean-Paul Salomé, who was himself inspired by the books of Maurice Leblanc to sign "Arsène Lupine" in 2004, with Romain Duris and Kristin Scott Thomas.
“The idea of making Omar Sy a fan of Lupine to transpose Leblanc's work to the 21st century is a clever one.
Like that of creating a character of a policeman who constantly refers to books…, believes the one who is also the director of “La Daronne” with Isabelle Huppert (released this Wednesday, January 13 on VOD / DVD).
In addition, the series respects the feuilletonesque spirit and the pleasure of Lupin's disguise: it's lively, euphoric, with spectacular special effects.
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"Netflix has had free rein"
Jean-Paul Salomé notes that, unlike him, Netflix had "free rein" to adapt Leblanc's work: "The heirs of Maurice Leblanc, who were quite scrupulous, had reread our scenario.
But in the meantime
(Editor's note: in 2012)
, Arsène Lupine has fallen into the public domain.
"Note that for this" Lupine ", Netflix hired Françoise Dupertuis, the head decorator of the adaptation of Salomé.
And that Ludovic Bernard, assistant director of the feature film with Romain Duris, will sign episodes of the second part of the series… This will be available on the platform in a few months.