Lupin (2021)–The Gentleman Thief
Based upon a popular 1905 collection of short stories about a gentleman thief, Arsène Lupin, written by the French mystery writer, Maurice Leblanc, the three-season blockbuster Netflix Lupin series (2021) is a reimagining of the legendary thief in present-day Paris. Lupin is the equivalent of a French Sherlock Holmes with some important differences.
In flashbacks the young Assane Diop (Omar Sy of “The Intouchables”, see March 27, 2013 review) endures a travesty of justice that imprisons his beloved Senegalese immigrant father. Growing up in a foster home, Assane...