Line #13 Film/ArseneLupin2004


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3	''Arsène Lupin'' is a 2004 French crime thriller film and an adaptation of the classic ''Literature/ArseneLupin'' stories. It was directed by Jean-Paul Salomé and stars Creator/RomainDuris as Lupin, Creator/KristinScottThomas as Joséphine Pellegrini-Balsamo, Pascal Greggory as Beaumagnan, and Creator/EvaGreen as Clarisse de Dreux-Soubise. Its production values make it the most lavish ''Lupin'' adaptation to this day.
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5	The film follows GentlemanThief Arsène Lupin from a small boy, through the death of his father, and his adult years when he meets a strange woman, Joséphine Pellegrini-Balsamo, who appears to be immortal and uses a hypnotic drug to enslave people to her will. Arsène's ethos is to steal from the rich and deserving crooks. He comes up against two parties, a secret society and Joséphine herself, who are intent on gathering three crucifixes which will reveal the secret of a lost treasure.
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7	The film does its best to [[AdaptationAmalgamation incorporate a lot of Lupin lore]], despite there being enough for a saga-with-the-final-movie-in-two-parts, but in a way where it steals bits and pieces of important plots from across the literary canon to weave into its focused narrative.
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9	!!Tropes:
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11	* AdaptationAmalgamation: Includes elements from stories "The Arrest of Arsène Lupin", "The Queen's Necklace", "Herlock Sholmes Arrives Too Late", and novels ''813'' and ''The Countess of Cagliostro''.
12	* CostumePorn: Costume Designer Pierre-Jean Larroque created about five hundred different costumes, including twenty for Romain Duris and eighteen for Kristin Scott Thomas. He took his inspiration from RealLife historical figures such as the Countess of Greffuhle, Luisa Casati and Countess Virginia Oldoini of Castiglione.
13	* DeadlyDodging: When he's unmasked and chased onboard the cruise ship, Arsène dodges a bullet shot by one of the sailors by jumping overboard and it's another sailor who ends up shot as a result.
14	* DisappearedDad: Arsène's father dies when he is still a child.
15	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Arsène's first notable heroic action consists in [[BavarianFireDrill impersonating a customs inspector]] on the spot to save a cruise ship waitress from being groped/sexually assaulted by her superior.
16	* FemmeFatale: Josephine.
17	* GentlemanThief: Another incarnation of the TropeCodifier, of course.
18	* HighClassGlass: Arsène puts a monocle on when checking the jewels the ladies wear at the party onboard the cruise ship. He loses it and puts it back on several times. His first notable action is saving a cruise ship waitress from being groped/sexually assaulted by her superior.
19	* HistoricalCharactersFictionalRelative: In this story, Arsène's great-grandfather had an affair with UsefulNotes/MarieAntoinette, who then gave him her (in)famous diamond necklace.
20	* HollywoodHeartAttack: Arsène's mother has a sudden and brutal heart attack that kills her when a group of gendarmes tries to take her away, right under her son's eyes as he's hiding under her bed.
21	* LandInTheSaddle: When escaping the gendarmes coming to arrest him at the beginning, Arsène's father jumps from a window (first floor, not very high) onto a horse.
22	* LikeFatherLikeSon: Arsène becomes a thief, like his father before him.
23	* LovableRogue: Arsène, of course. He's got StickyFingers, and he's [[TheCharmer very charming]]. So charming that one of the ladies he talked to while stealing her jewels onboard the cruise ship doesn't mind, smiles at him and even helps him escape.
24	* AMinorKidroduction: The film starts in Arsène's childhood, with his father, who trained him in savate (a French martial art close to UsefulNotes/{{kickboxing}}) being hunted down for thievery then getting killed.
25	* NewYearHasCome: The cruise that follows the TimeSkip where Arsène steals several jewels happens on a New Year's Eve.
26	* SecretIdentity: Arsène uses several aliases and disguises throughout the film.
27	* TimeShiftedActor: Arsène is played by Guillaume Huet as a child and by Romain Duris as an adult.
28	* TimeSkip: Following the death of Arsène's father [[AMinorKidroduction in Arsène's childhood]], there's a skip to fifteen years later.

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