Le Retour d'Arsène Lupin
Release
10 Nov 1989Country
Language
FrenchProduction
Overview
The Return of Arsène Lupin (1989) is a French crime television series consisting of 12 episodes, each approximately 55 minutes long, broadcast on FR3 between November 1989 and January 1990. It features the famous gentleman thief created by Maurice Leblanc, played here by François Dunoyer, in a more mischievous and modern interpretation than his predecessors, which retains the hero's refinement and intelligence while immersing him in stories with international overtones, with a more contemporary tone for the late 1980s.
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Season 1
In this version set in the 1930s and 1940s, Arsène Lupin (François Dunoyer) travels across Europe and sometimes beyond, always caught between two worlds: that of hushed salons and that of masterful heists. Each episode is a standalone adventure, but together they paint a portrait of a mature gentleman thief, more strategic than ever, who toys with the powerful, protects the weak, and always stays one step ahead of the police... and his enemies.
Episode 1
Arsène Lupin has assumed the identity of Baron d'Enneris. Accompanied by Cissy Chevalier, who has concealed her profession as a journalist, he arrives in Locarno. There, he finds himself in the midst of a family drama: Adelina Da Ponte's wedding cannot take place because the famous papal medallion, a fabulous jewel and ancestral talisman, has been stolen. Everything seems to point to Adelina's brother Aurélio, who has disappeared. The medallion reappears around the neck of the beautiful Valérie Daubenton, wife of an international financier.
Episodes of Season 1
12 episodes
