production company - Gaumont
Assane Diop - second gen immigrant in family - father falsely imprisoned for a robbery
Babakar Diop - butler to the Pellegrini family - Assante's dad - gentleman - falsely accused of the theft of an important necklace - hangs himself - introduced Assane to the Lupin gentleman thief
Hubert Pellegrini - rich man of the Pellegrini family - rude and hateful
Juliette Pellegrini - Daughter of Hubert - kissed Assane - the one who gives away the necklace once retrieved
Anne Pellegrini - Mum - seemingly racist however warms up to Babakar and accommodates his son allowing him a free book and use of the pool - didn't stand up for Babakar when framed despite knowing his innocence
Claire Laurent - Assane ex wife - still seemingly in love
Raoul - Assane and Claire son
Guerdia - Police inspector - interested in Lupin
Benjamin Ferel - Made the fake necklace
Plot Points-
- Assane and Claire met in a café to discuss finances and kids
- Babakar helps Anne Pellegrini fix her car
- Babaakr is framed for robbery
- Assane owes money to some thugs
- Assane plans a robbery
- Young Assane uses the Pellegrinis fancy pool and flirts with the daughter
- Babakar hangs himself
- during the robebry the thugs betray Assane however he alr planned for that
- Assane reads the book Lupin from a younger age and obsesses over the idea
- The necklace that Babakar 'stole' was found and put up for auction
- Assane works in the louvre as a janitor
- The robbery goes south when the escape driver crashes into the louvre
Omar Sy - extremely famous in France but has featured in international films such as Jurassic World and X-Men
- Simple - shows the Louvre and Assane in the middle - brain in the centre - foregrounded
- Outfit - formal casual shows his versatility
- Immigrant placed in front of a national landmark renowned for its sophistication and knowledge
French Culture -
- Cuisine
- Landmarks - Louvre, Eifel Tower - most visited country in the world for tourism
- Fashion
- City of love
How Lupin subverts culture -
- Assane Diop and Claire the ex wife are divorced in the city of love
French media and film -
- First films before Hollywood
- Small industry nowadays - about the same as UK
- Examples include - Amelie - A charming story about a French girl with an active imagination, La Haine - a realistic view of Paris about 3 immigrants in the suburbs of Paris and casted unknown actors - discusses corrupt police, poverty , racial tension and much more, Emily in Paris - a more stereotypical yet fun depiction of Paris about an American who moved to Paris for work in fashion
Issues in France -
- Very racist/xenophobic
- Riots due to racist attacks from police
- French national front - political party that's openly racist - quite popular party
- Hijabs banned in school
Mise En Scene -
Lupin- clothing and portrayal - Mixed up costume of designer and tracksuits - makes him seem mysterious and shows all his personas and heritage - expression - confident - eye contact - background - shadey - stolen artifacts
Emily in Paris - stereotypical costume - wears a beret and flannel - looks confused - in conversation - background - glamour - sunglasses inside - no food - very esteemed
Todorov - Narratology
studied fairytales and their patterns
typically have a set storyline - equilibrium - disruption - and then the new equilibrium
during the disruption the main character must change -
Application to Lupin - equilibrium - working as a janitor
disruption - unveils his plans to rob and does steal the necklace of Marie Antoinette
New equilibrium - Lupin is revealed to be a genius thief
What is significant about Assane and how he is portrayed?
Early in ep one he is portrayed as a poor man working as a janitor to repay debts and pay child support - how French view immigrants - poorly paid - uniform - fits in - no identity -
latter half of the ep shown to be a rich buyer - subverting French conventions and stereotypes - still fitting in but to a completely different class - shows how shallow French society is -
During the car in the rain scene - Mr. Pellegrini is shown to have no manners when addressing Babakar with a look of disgust - Babakar was soaking wet and Mr. Pellegrini gave Babakar another task
In another scene with Assane in the pool - another racial stereotype is shown with the notion that black people cant swim where Juliette asks if he can swim and offers a kiss in exchange for a length of the pool - 17 - 13 age gap makes Juliette seem 'in control' of the situation
Editing terms in Lupin -
Cross-Cutting - editing between two locations/times - such as the time jumps with memories
Parallel editing - Editing two places at the same time - two sequences unraveling at the same time such as the different perspectives at the necklace heist in ep 1
Opening scene shots - media language -
- POV as Assane looks at the necklace shows how personal it is to him foreshadowing
- long to mid shot of Assane looking at the artwork - looking at Mona Lisa - painting known for its fake smile - deception matches Assane's personality
- Mid shot as Assane is getting changed into janitor outfit - establishes him as lower class
- establishing shot of Paris - now landmarks - worse part of the city matches Assane's persona
- Over the shoulder of Assane with his ex wife - she's the one talking to him - she's the one in power in the scene by berating him
- aerial shot of the Louvre contrasts the class of the workers inside
- two shot of Assane with another janitor talking about how poor he is
- Ariel shot of the janitors shows them all going in different directions
Later scene -
An aerial shot is used to establish that Assane is no longer in the nice part of Paris and a more crime ridden and poorer area -
thug 1 - Vincent - the boss - doesn't touch Assane however instructs and decides wheather he is thrown or saved
thug 2 - the muscle who is throwing Assane over the balcony
thug 3 - driver - seemingly uncaring playing a racing game
Second Screen Effect - people using another screen while watching - sometimes foreign shows with subtitles bore audience as they need to focus on one screen - results in a higher sophistication audience- AB - lots of viewers don't enjoy the dub of foreign language films as it is believed to reduce the authenticity of the show
Lupin CH 1 study -
- Starts with a French statement that its a Netflix original
- can translate to any language
- ariel establishing shot of the Louvre - high budget -
- underground - Louvre janitors entrance - variety of ethnicities walking to collect supplies - all seem lower class based on costume - however all security are white French men
- non diegetic suspenseful music
- shown the main characters name as Luis Perrena - not real name shows the secrecy of Lupin as a show
