Arsène Lupin (2004)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Jean-Paul Salomé

Writers:

Jean-Paul Salomé (scenario) and
Laurent Vachaud (scenario) ...
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Release Date:

13 October 2004 (France)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Crime | Mystery | Romance

Plot:

As the daring thief Arsène Lupin (Duris) ransacks the homes of wealthy Parisians, the police, with a secret weapon in their arsenal, attempt to ferret him out. |

Plot Keywords:

Nudity | Father Son Relationship | Cliff | Bomb | Paris

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Romain Duris	...	Arsène Lupin
Kristin Scott Thomas	...	Joséphine
Pascal Greggory	...	Beaumagnan
Eva Green	...	Clarisse
Robin Renucci	...	Dreux-Soubise
Patrick Toomey	...	Léonard
Mathieu Carrière	...	Duc d'Orléans
Philippe Magnan	...	Bonnetot
Marie Bunel	...	Henriette Lupin
Nicky Naude	...	Théophraste
Guillaume Huet	...	Arsène enfant
Françoise Lépine	...	Duchesse
Christophe Laubion	...	Le brigadier
Adèle Csech	...	Clarisse enfant
Eric Vanzetta	...	Gendarme 1 (as Vanzetta)
Hervé Falloux	...	Le maître d'hôtel
Sonia Dufeu	...	La soubrette
Jessica Boyde	...	La femme aux diamants
Alain Cauchi	...	Le capitaine paquebot
Laurent Besançon	...	Le second du capitaine
Rémy Roubakha	...	Gendarme hospice
Michel Dourienne	...	Le curé
Philippe Lemaire	...	Cardinal d'Etigues
Valérie Decobert	...	La comédienne du train
Simon Delétang	...	Le croupier
Stéphane Foenkinos	...	Le conservateur
François Monnié	...	Le gardien du musée
Arthur Dupont	...	Le vendeur de journaux
Xavier Beauvois	...	Le médecin
Gérard Chaillou	...	M. Kasselbach
Gaëlle Vincent	...	La métisse
Alain Figlarz	...	L'apache
Jean-François Gallotte	...	Le majordome
Pierre Aussedat	...	Louis Desfontaines
Philippe Laudenbach	...	Le préfet
Anne Suarez	...	Eglantine
Aurélien Wiik	...	Jean Lupin
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Derrick Brenner	...	Archduke's Bodyguard (uncredited)
Marie-Thé Colmagne	...	Une parisienne (uncredited)
Arnaud Klein	...	Un officier (uncredited)
Victor Loukianenko	...	Un bourgeois (uncredited)

Directed by
Jean-Paul Salomé

Writing credits
Jean-Paul Salomé		(scenario) and
Laurent Vachaud		(scenario)
Maurice Leblanc		(novel "La comtesse de Cagliostro")
Nicolas Saada		(script collaborator)

Produced by
Emmanuelle Balestrieri	....	production administrator
Christopher Granier-Deferre	....	co-producer
Stéphane Marsil	....	executive producer
Stéphane Marsil	....	producer
Alain Peyrollaz	....	line producer

Original Music by
Debbie Wiseman

Cinematography by
Pascal Ridao

Film Editing by
Marie-Pierre Renaud

Casting by
Stéphane Foenkinos
Louis Hammond

Production Design by
Françoise Dupertuis

Art Direction by
Pierre Michon

Set Decoration by
Denis Barbier

Costume Design by
Pierre-Jean Larroque

Makeup Department
Sylvie Aid	....	additional makeup artist
Eve Aknin	....	additional makeup artist
Jan Archibald	....	hair designer
Frédérique Arguello	....	hair stylist
Stéphanie Asnarez	....	additional makeup artist (as Stéphanie Aznarez)
Séverine Bellembois	....	additional hair stylist
Catherine Damiani	....	additional makeup artist (as Cathy Damiani)
Josiane Delcourt	....	additional hair stylist
Christine Dendeleuf	....	additional hair stylist
Kathy Ducker	....	key makeup artist
Nadine Dumas	....	additional hair stylist
Claudine Dumortier	....	additional hair stylist
Chantal Durpoix	....	additional hair stylist
Bettina Keller	....	key hair stylist (as Bettina Keller-Miquaix)
Alexis Kinebanyan	....	sfx makeup artist
Delphine Lacaze	....	additional hair stylist
Brigitte Laurent	....	key hair stylist
Benoît Lestang	....	special makeup effects artist
Marie Luiset	....	additional makeup artist
Mario Messere	....	additional hair stylist
Jacques-Olivier Molon	....	special makeup effects artist
Claire Monatte	....	additional makeup artist
Julien Naudet	....	additional hair stylist
Frédérique Ney	....	key makeup artist
Christina Öhlund	....	assistant hair designer (as Kristina Ohlund-Lago)
Dorota Okulicz	....	additional makeup artist
Cécile Pellerin	....	makeup artist
Véronique Pfluger	....	additional hair stylist (as Véronique Fluger)
Emmanuel Pitois	....	special makeup effects artist
Tony Rocchetti	....	key hair stylist
Barbara Schneider	....	additional makeup artist
Geoffroy Selley	....	sfx makeup artist (as Geoffroy Selley)
Hovette Stephanie	....	wig maker

Production Management
Sylvie Demaizière	....	assistant unit manager
Sylvie Demaizière	....	assistant unit production manager
Henri Deneubourg	....	assistant unit manager
Benjamin Dewaele	....	assistant unit manager
Jérôme Emmanuelidis	....	assistant unit manager
Etienne Grandon	....	assistant unit manager
Marie-Line Lafont	....	post-production supervisor
Philippe Lelièvre	....	assistant unit manager
Sophie Moulin	....	unit manager trainee
Alain Peyrollaz	....	production supervisor
Clément Sentilhes	....	production manager
Jérôme Servant	....	assistant unit manager
Antoine Théron	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Felix Baudouin	....	second assistant director: second unit
Felix Baudouin	....	second second assistant director
Ludovic Bernard	....	first assistant director
Marion Garde	....	trainee assistant director
Stéphane Malhuret	....	second assistant director
Alain Peyrollaz	....	second unit director

Art Department
Denis Barbier	....	set dresser
Brigitte Baudet	....	sculptor
Arnaud Beaute	....	sculptor
Franck Bengochea	....	painter
Marie-Josée Bergamasco	....	carpenter
Caroline Berthet	....	painter
Cécile Besson	....	painter
Hubert Bocquet	....	props: furniture (as Hubert Boquet)
Cécile Bonduelle	....	sculptor
Jean-Roch Bonnin	....	property master
Gilles Bontemps	....	key sculptor
Myriam Bontemps	....	staffer
Sébastien Borie	....	assistant property master
Thierry Brahiti	....	assistant art director
Patrick Buisson	....	carpenter
Marianne Capdeville	....	painter
Brigitte Cardinal	....	sculptor
Jean-Michel Caulat	....	painter
Anne Chadoin	....	painter
Jean-Michel Chartier	....	additional assistant set decorator
Alice Chialva	....	painter
Cécile Claveries	....	painter
Renald Cotte Verdy	....	carpenter
Hervé Cusset	....	carpenter
Roméo Da Costa	....	trainee sculptor
Francois-Pierre Deberre	....	sculptor
Théophile de Montalivet	....	carpenter
Arnaud Denis	....	sculptor
Hervé Dépagne	....	props: furniture
Roman Dépagne	....	props: furniture
Benjamin Descave	....	carpenter
Vit-Vinh Doan	....	carpenter
Christophe Doubliez	....	carpenter
Xavier Dubech	....	carpenter
Frédéric Faye	....	painter
Elisabeth Février	....	painter
Claude Forget	....	carpenter
Corinne Fulconis	....	painter
Norbert Fuval	....	props: furniture
Laurent Garenne	....	carpenter
Vincent Gazier	....	sculptor
Hélène Gillet	....	painter (as Hélène Gilet)
Giuseppe Giussani	....	carpenter
Jean Paul Glappier	....	carpenter
Pascal Gras	....	carpenter
Franck Hugot	....	props
Edo Husakovic	....	carpenter
Jean-Louis Lacarra	....	carpenter
Jean-Louis Lebreton	....	sculptor
Françoise Legrand	....	tapestry
Alain Le Mee	....	carpenter
Daniel Le Mee	....	carpenter
Sylvie Le Vessier	....	painter
Susana Machado	....	assistant art director
Christophe Mantegari	....	painter
Antoine Martial	....	carpenter
Christel Martin	....	trainee decorator
Corinne Martin	....	painter
Xavier Marty	....	construction manager
Paul Mauris-Blanc	....	key carpenter
Jacques Mizrahi	....	carpenter
Claude Orceau	....	key carpenter
Katia Oudot	....	painter
Michel Paris	....	assistant art director
Patrick Perrot	....	carpenter
Christophe Petrot	....	carpenter
Michel Racoillet	....	carpenter
Maxime Rebière	....	storyboard artist
Sophie Reydellet	....	trainee decorator
Rafael Ridao	....	trainee decorator
Pascal Rivaud	....	carpenter
François Roux	....	sculptor
Lydie Rugiero	....	trainee decorator
Marc Sauveroche	....	props
Jean-Luc Schwarz	....	painter
Hedia Myriam Smadi	....	trainee painter
Christophe Souton	....	carpenter
Michel Tardif	....	carpenter
Catherine Thierry	....	painter
Martin Tronquart	....	trainee decorator
Martial Venet	....	key carpenter

Sound Department
Fabienne Chalendard	....	assistant sound editor
Jeremy Cullen	....	sound recordist
Ludovic Escallier	....	sound re-recording mixer
Vincent Goujon	....	assistant sound
Vincent Guillon	....	sound editor
Dean Humphreys	....	sound re-recording mixer
Craig Irving	....	sound re-recording mixer
Benjamin Laurent	....	second boom operator
Edouard Murcier	....	post-synchronization director
Graham Nieder	....	sound maintenance
Laurent Poirier	....	sound mixer
Laurent Poirier	....	sound
Soazic Veillon	....	dialogue editor
Christopher Wilson	....	assistant to re-recording mixer (as Chris Wilson)

Special Effects by
Olivier Cohen-Bacri	....	special effects props: rain
Jean-Claude Dauphinot	....	special effects advisor
Grégoire Delage	....	special effects: explosions
Franck Delamotte	....	special effects: rain (as Franck de La Motte)
Georges Demétrau	....	special effects supervisor: mechanical effects
Denis Duplex	....	special effects assistant: explosion
Max Garnier	....	special effects props
Michel Gery	....	special effects props: rain
Dominique Granger	....	special effects: explosions
Sara Helminger	....	special effects props (as Sara Helmlinger)
Daniel Lenoir	....	special effects: rain
Jérome Miel	....	special effects props

Visual Effects by
Odile Beraud	....	scan and shoot
Rodolphe Chabrier	....	visual effects supervisor
Gisèle Courcoux	....	scan and shoot
Sebastien Gombeaud-Saintonge	....	Flame artist: Mac Guff Ligne, Paris
Pierre Gosset	....	digital compositor
Sébastien Guyot	....	scan and shoot
Christophe Keichinger	....	scan and shoot
Robert Kfoury	....	scan and shoot
David Montoya	....	scan and shoot
Christophe Sabre	....	scan and shoot
Gérard Soirant	....	scan and shoot
Philippe Sonrier	....	digital effects artist
Vincent Wauters	....	digital artist

Stunts
Didier Alexandre	....	stunt performer
Laurent Alexandre	....	stunt double: Lupin
Frédéric Alhinho	....	stunt performer
Virginie Arnaud	....	stunt performer: explosion
Serge Beuchat	....	stunt performer: explosion
Alexandre Blondel	....	stunt performer: horse stunts
Sybille Blouin	....	stunt performer: explosion
Alain Borcard	....	stunt performer: horse stunts
Georges Branche	....	stunt coordinator: horse and coach stunts
Jean-Claude Braquet	....	stunt performer
Benoît Brissart	....	stunt performer
Amadéo Cazzela	....	stunt performer: explosion (as Amadéo Cazella)
Armel Cessa	....	stunt performer: horse stunts
William Chatel	....	stunt performer: explosion
Bernard Chevreul	....	stunt performer
Arnaud de Coster	....	stunt performer: explosion (as Arnaud Decoster)
Franck de la Celle de Chateauclos	....	stunt performer: horse stunts
Frédéric Deltour	....	stunt performer: explosion
Laurent Devrieze	....	stunt performer: horse stunts
Oumar Diaoure	....	stunt performer
Ludovic Ducot	....	stunt performer: explosion
Mohammed Enahal	....	stunt performer (as Mohamed Enahal)
Grégory Feurté	....	stunt performer: explosion
Alain Figlarz	....	stunt coordinator & fight arranger
Dominique Fouassier	....	stunt performer
Jérôme Gaspard	....	stunt performer
Clément Gerbaud	....	stunt performer: horse stunts
Cédric Gidouin	....	stunt performer: explosion
Jean-Yves Gouello	....	stunt performer: horse stunts
Cyrille Hertel	....	stunt double: Beaumagnan
Dan Herzberg	....	stunt performer
Karim Hocini	....	stunt performer
Emmanuel Lanzi	....	stunt performer: explosion
Claire Leroy	....	stunt performer: explosion
Guillaume Letestu	....	stunt performer
Stéphanie Marchandon	....	stunt performer: horse stunts
Arnaud Marcon	....	stunt performer: explosion
Stéphane Margot	....	stunt performer: explosion
Francesco Merenda	....	stunt performer: explosion
Frédéric Mouquet	....	stunt coordinator: horse stunts
Catherine Mourlon	....	stunt performer: explosion
Mustapha Natouri	....	stunt performer
Catherine Robert	....	stunt double: Joséphine
Thierry Saelens	....	stunt performer
Clotilde Schembre	....	stunt performer: explosion
Francis Terzian	....	stunt performer: explosion
Francisco Tormo	....	stunt performer: explosion
Michaël Troude	....	stunt performer: explosion
Cédric Vallas	....	stunt performer: horse stunts
Daniel Vérité	....	stunt coordinator
Julien Vérité	....	stunt performer
Benjamin Vicq	....	stunt performer: explosion
Pierre Villard	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Jérôme Alméras	....	Steadicam operator
Jérôme Alméras	....	camera operator: second unit
Sarah Couvelaire	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Marine Delcourt	....	second assistant camera
Xavier Embry	....	best boy grip
Thierry Engler	....	electrician
Yannick Esteffe	....	additional grip
Julien Fillon	....	additional electrician
Eric Gosselin	....	grip
Emmanuel Hauvel	....	electrician
Pascal Henin	....	additional electrician
Colin Houben	....	first assistant camera
Dominique Legueux	....	key grip
Sophie Leonetti	....	additional second assistant camera
Rachid Madaoui	....	gaffer
Charlet Recors	....	helicopter camera operator
Bruno Roza	....	grip
Maryline Touret	....	video assistant
Thierry Valletoux	....	still photographer
Sebastian Vaysse	....	electrician
Antoine Vidal	....	crane operator

Casting Department
Myriam Chetouane	....	casting intern
David Hagège	....	assistant extras casting
Max Mutel	....	casting assistant: children (as Max Loyon-Mutel)
Virginie Nallet	....	casting intern
Michael Perrot	....	casting assistant
Emmanuelle Prévost	....	casting assistant: children
Marion Tenet	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Guillaume Attwood	....	additional dresser
Renata Bicz-Bouchaux	....	dresser
Gilles Bodu-Lemoine	....	key costumer
Nathalie Chesnais	....	additional costumer
Caroline Condat	....	additional costumer
Christine Demétrau	....	additional dresser
Sophie Dieu	....	additional dresser
Pui Laï Huam	....	costumer
Pricilia Lourenço Da Silva	....	trainee dresser
Alicia Maistre	....	additional costumer
Lorenzo Mancianti	....	additional costumer
Brigitte Masson	....	costumer
Laurence Nicolas	....	additional dresser
Gil Noir	....	additional costumer
Hervé Odiard	....	costume intern
Véronique Portebois	....	dresser
Maritza Reitzman	....	additional costume designer
Frédérique Santerre	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Serge Anthony	....	color timer
Catherine Athon	....	post-production coordinator
Denis Bedlow	....	first assistant editor
Christophe Boutigny	....	assistant conforming editor
Nicolas Criqui	....	digital conformation
Olivier Dassonville	....	color timer
Beatrice Fraschini	....	post-production coordinator
Enrica Gattolini	....	second assistant editor
Isabelle Julien	....	color timer
Philippe Reinaudo	....	digital intermediate technical director

Music Department
Mathieu Chedid	....	composer: title song (as M)
Crouch End Festival Chorus	....	musician: choir
Edouard Dubois	....	music supervisor
Steve Price	....	score mixer
Yannick Vergne	....	music editor
Tony Wharmby	....	copyist
Debbie Wiseman	....	conductor

Other crew
Emmanuelle Balestrieri	....	cost controller
Tahar Boualam	....	groupman
Jean-Sébastien Bressy	....	extras wrangler
Wayne Byers	....	coach: deportment
Albert Daly	....	administrator: UK
Kerri Daly	....	administrator: UK
Gilles de Brossard	....	production assistant: UK
Alexandre de la Caffinière	....	coach: waltz
Anne-Françoise de Lapisse	....	additional production administrator
Caroline Dieusaert	....	production assistant
Émilie Frigola-Salelles	....	production intern
Karine Gozzi	....	trainee script supervisor
Béatrice Humbert	....	location manager
Stephan Joberns	....	auditor: UK
Sylvie Lalanne	....	production administrator
Laurence Lemaire-Bazi	....	script supervisor (as Laurence Lemaire)
Marc Leroyer	....	assistant armorer
Stefan Leyshon	....	coach: magic
Christophe Maratier	....	armorer
Anne Nathan	....	personal assistant: Kristin Scott Thomas
Arnaud Plé	....	production administrator
José Sako	....	location manager
Harmel Sbraire	....	coach: actors (as Armelle Sbraire)
Nicolas Sislian	....	assistant armorer
Octavio Tapia	....	production intern (as Octavio Tapia Lloret)
Sandy Whitelaw	....	script translator: English

Thanks
Philippe Lemaire	....	in memory of

Production Companies

• Hugo Films
• TF1 Films Productions
• M6 Films
• Poisson Rouge Pictures (co-production)
• Vértigo Films (co-production)
• Rai Cinemafiction (co-production)

Distributors

• 01 Distribuzione (2005) (Italy) (all media)
• Herald Film Company (2005) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Quasar Films (Argentina)
• SND (2004) (France) (theatrical)
• SPI International (2005) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Sunfilm Entertainment GmbH (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• TF1 International (2004) (worldwide) (all media) (international sales)
• Vértigo Films (2005) (Spain) (theatrical)

Special Effects

• Mac Guff Ligne

Other Companies

• Abbey Road Studios  music recorded at
• Angel Studios  sound mixing studio
• Car Grip  grip and lighting equipment
• Locafête  catering (as Locafête)
• Maratier  special thanks
• Offline Editing Company, The  sound editing
• Panavision UK  camera equipment provided by
• Transpalight Ltd.  electrical equipment

Also Known As:

Arsène Lupin (Spain)
Arsenio Lupin (Italy)

Runtime:

131 min | Japan:132 min

Country:

France | Italy | Spain | UK

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:12 | Argentina:13 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Czech Republic:12 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Château de Chantilly, Chantilly, Oise, France

Company:

Hugo Films

Movie Connections:

Version of Aventures d'Arsène Lupin, Les (1957)

Soundtrack:

Barcarolle from 'Les Contes d'Hoffmann'

An excellent all round film

This is really an amazing film. I watched it only in French with French subtitles as my friends whom i am staying with are French speaking. Like the majority of European films i have seen, it is superior to what has and is coming out of Hollywood. From the start, it is gripping. The audience are taken on a ride of suspense to the last moment. Twists and turns in the plot, unpredictable things happen. The casting is good. I am familiar with Kristen Scott Thomas. I knew she spoke French as i understand she lives there, but her French accent is quite amazing. I could here English accent on some occasions, but it was so subtle that it was hardly noticeable. Her casting in this film was so contrary to type that i had seen in other films. It was so refreshing. The action scenes were again amazing. So well choreographed and still almost believable and realistic. The original idea originates from an animated book, which makes it ambiguous and sets it apart from a lot of other films in the similar genre. Films based upon Comic books are being done to death in Hollywood, and i am trying to avoid them. I am glad that this was made by European Film makers, not Americans, otherwise it would have been almost painful to watch. The romance that develops is another interesting addition to the plot. All of these little things, develop well and come together. The choice of location was again just perfect for the scenes and the setting of the film in the mid to late 19th Century made it quite unique. A very clever film, which is definitely worth watching.