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We are no longer as desperate as we used to be, but the second part of "Lupine" is also fun to watch - Walla! culture

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After an unnecessary break of five months, the second part of "Lupine" comes up with five episodes that close the circle. Most of the benefits that were in the first part are lost, and this time the result is non-unique, but overall it is suspenseful and enjoyable to watch, and in any case it is less bad than it will probably be the second season


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We are no longer as desperate as we used to be, but the second part of "Lupine" is also enjoyable to watch

After an unnecessary break of five months, the second part of "Lupine" comes up with five episodes that close the circle.

Most of the benefits that were in the first part are lost, and this time the result is non-unique, but overall it is suspenseful and enjoyable to watch, and in any case it is less bad than it will probably be the second season

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Avner Shavit

Friday, 11 June 2021, 00:14 Updated: 15:15

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Lupine Trailer - Season 1 Part 2 (Netflix)

Until last January, no French series had managed to make it to the top of Netflix's viewing charts in the United States. The first part of "Lufen", which came up at the beginning of the civil year, set a double precedent: not only did it enter the top ten in this ranking, but it took first place, and was a big hit in the rest of the world - including us of course.



"Lupine", as I recall, can be defined as an action thriller. His work testified to two trends: the fact that France, the homeland of cinema, is directing more and more resources towards television; And also the growing tendency of French doing, whether on the big screen or the small screen, to break away from the artistic tradition and turn in more commercial and genre directions. Given the success of the series, it can be said that in the meantime it is working.



Less than half a year has passed since the first five episodes of the series aired, but the world has changed. It culminated in the corona plague, when the world of culture was shut down and the audience lustfully drank any content it found on streaming, and when even the French borders were closed and the only way for a tourist in the country was to watch series filmed there. The second part comes up in a different context, when the lust for streaming is a little less and just when it became known that residents of different countries, including Israel, can enter France without isolation and even without a corona test.



This respite may also have been common at what point we stopped and what it was about in the first place, so here's a reminder: the series is based on the classic books starring Arsene Lufen, a sort of elegant and French Robin Hood, but copies the plot to modern-day Paris. It features the character of Asan Diop, played by Omar C., who draws inspiration from the exploits of the celebrated crook to embark on a journey of revenge and close a family account.



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From "Lufen" (Photo: Netflix)

Closing this circle leads Diop to a collision course with one of the most powerful capitalists in France, a cunning culprit who is well connected to the various authorities, and does not resort to means to shake off the surprising nuisance from his path.



The first part ended at the height of the tension: the arch-villain's messengers kidnap Diop's son. The second part describes how he tries to save him, to give back to his nemesis one epic blow and on the way to thwart the plots he plans, which testify to the depth of corruption in French society.



Netflix of course does not need advice from me, but the decision to split the first season into two parts seemed puzzling to me then, and even more puzzling now. After all, this is not about "War and Peace", but ten episodes that each last less than fifty minutes, so what do we need this graded submission for? The break also stopped the momentum of the series, and in retrospect hurt it, because it would have been better to continue with it in the midst of the Corona and not now, when we are less desperate and its standards are higher.



Another problem: the series ranges from the present to flashbacks from Diop's childhood and adolescence, and after such a long pause, it's hard to remember the family puzzle in great detail, which also makes it difficult to follow the plot moves.



This time, the surprise effect is also lost. At first, "Lupine" seemed groundbreaking in many ways: by taking a French classic and rewriting it with a black man, the son of French immigrants, at its center; In that his ex, like any other girl who has a romantic affinity for him, is white, and this in a reality where interracial relationships and their representation are far from taken for granted; And in its combination of entertaining action and sarcastic critique of colonialism and racism in French history and contemporary reality.



But "Lupine" has exhausted it all in the first five episodes, and is not educated to add and renew in the last five. Again, this anti-climax would have been less noticeable if we only got it all in one piece, but the unnecessary brackets lead to the drop in tension.



We interviewed Omar C. when he first started and



interviewed him even when he was already an international star

The surprise effect worked, but is now lost.

From "Lupine" (Photo: Emmanuel Guimier, Netflix)

Other problems: There are two women in "Lupine", both of whom are played by actresses who usually walk the red carpet in Cannes with quality films.

Claire, the childhood sweetheart of the protagonist who is now his estranged mother and son, played by Ludwin Sanya;

And Juliette, the daughter of his longtime enemy, who has been flirting with him since they met, played by Clothidal Hasma.

Their representation was problematic in the first part and becomes even more problematic in the second part.

The creators, George Kay and François Ozen, use them and make them disappear according to the convenience of the script or randomly, and most of the time they are described as easy-to-maneuver.

Another character, a policewoman played by Sheerin Botala, may have potential, but she, too, is most of the time on a fig leaf standard.



One of the common comments about the first part was that the script is full of holes, and the plot is unfounded. In the second part, the improbability only intensifies, and the screenwriters do not seem to be worried about it. At a particularly arbitrary and outrageous moment, Lupine goes to crack someone's secret code and declares "I think he's fifty, so he must have been born in 1970 and that's probably the code," and guess what's going on? Indeed, we have a crack.



And another sour note: the uniqueness of "Lupine", both in the original and in this version, were the antics of the protagonist, the camouflage artist, the pretense and the sting exercises. The series added a twist to this: Diop took advantage of the fact that he and his peers were transparent and invisible in French society, to become a kind of Danny Dean who was able to sneak anywhere and grab every slot.



In the second part, there is less emphasis on these exercises, and the uniqueness is lost. Most of the time, "Lupine" turns out to be just an ordinary action series, but it will be said to its credit that as such a series, it delivers the goods.

Flakes believe in everything, cat and mouse.

(Photo: Netflix)

Behind the camera this time were two new directors who did not work in the first part - Ludwig Brenner, who worked as an assistant director on a variety of action hits produced by Luke Besson;

And Hugo Zelen, who has already collaborated with Omar C. in "Tomorrow It All Begins", a horribly synchronous drama that was a huge box office hit in Israel, and here it turns out that he also has talent in chase scenes.

"Lupine" is well made - suspenseful, rhythmic and most of the time enjoyable to watch.



It would not be surprising if we soon hear that some Hollywood studio has hired the two directors to direct an action series or some comic book movie.

As for C, the future is less clear: he has lived on the West Coast for years and is trying to develop his American career, but like many French players before him, finds it difficult to do so, perhaps because of the problems he and most of his people have with the English language.

And as for "Lupine" herself?

It is likely that the second part of the first season will also star in the viewing charts, which of course will lead to a second season, which could accelerate the pace of the series' deterioration, since what is the entertainment industry if not inevitable disasters.

(Photo: Emmanuel Guimier, Netflix)

And going back to the starting point, we will nevertheless note another point to the credit of the series: the last five episodes, even more than their predecessors, make good use of the Parisian filming arenas, and thank God there is no shortage of such.

The Orsay Museum, the Château de Château, the River Seine - they all star here in a way that makes them want to book a plane ticket to Paris.



While while broadcasting the first part all we have left is to look at the screen longingly, this time it is possible to get on a plane and realize the passion.

More than a Netflix series, "Lupine" is a service broadcast by the French Ministry of Tourism.

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