The "Lupine" phenomenon on Netflix: let's go for season 2
French actor Omar Sy plays the character of Assane Diop in the French series “Lupine”, broadcast by Netflix.
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Netflix is putting online five new episodes of the series
Lupine
played by actor Omar Sy.
A worldwide success inspired by Arsène Lupine, a burglar gentleman character invented by author Maurice Leblanc in the first half of the 20th century.
Today, Lupine's name is Assane Diop and 76 million Neflix subscribers have already followed his first adventures.
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Rhythm and action for these five new episodes of
Lupine,
and always Paris as a backdrop, one of the attractions of the series.
After the Louvre, here is Orsay and its magic clock, the quays of the Seine, the Pont Neuf, the Châtelet theater and a chase in the catacombs.
Lupine
has become Netflix's most-watched international series and the platform's first French original creation to break into the top 10 American subscribers.
Actor Omar Sy plays Assane Diop, a big-hearted burglar, daddy hen in the process of separation, determined to avenge the death of his father, a Senegalese immigrant wrongly accused of theft by his wealthy boss.
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Intrigue in Étretat
In these new adventures, we remain in the register of family entertainment even if the tone is darker: the son of Assane Diop has disappeared on the beach of Étretat.
The small town on the Normandy coast relishes this unexpected triumph, following the regular invasions of fans.
It is indeed there that the creator of Arsène Lupine, Maurice Leblanc, wrote in his house which has become a museum no less than 19 novels.
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To read also: Michel Bussi tells Arsène Lupine, gentleman burglar adored by the readers
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