Lupin spoilers follow.
Lupin arrived on Netflix on January 8 and has been wholeheartedly embraced by critics and viewers across the globe.
As well as claiming the top spot in France s most-watched movies and shows of the moment, and soaring to second place in the UK, it s also the first French series to make it into the US s top 10. Netflix
We ve only had the pleasure of watching the first part of this story, and following that nail-biting finale in which Assane s teenage son was abducted by one of Hubert Pellegrini s henchmen (more on that later), there s plenty more to come.
Here s everything you need to know.
With a muscular 6’ 3” frame, gentleman thief Assane Diop (Omar Sy) shouldn’t fade into the background. But as a Senegalese immigrant living in Paris, he does. Ever since his father’s incarceration accused of stealing a priceless necklace belonging to Marie Antoinette from his employer Mr. Pelligrini (Hervé Pierre) and his father’s later death, Assane has known how often Black immigrants are overlooked. He uses white folks’ racial blind spots as cover to carry out his brazen robberies. And finds inspiration for his heists in the mysteries of the fictional gentleman thief penned by the French novelist Maurice Leblanc, Arsène Lupin.