Guédira smells Arsène Lupin; Sernine invites a search
Police question the 'victim' Sernine, Guédira tells his captain the robbery reads like a Lupin story, and Assane walks out with a souvenir.
Assane Diop & Youssef Guédira
The gentleman thief and the one cop who reads the same books: cat and mouse, with respect. 48 scenes together, in story order.
48 moments · 1h 09m · by Favseen
Moments 1–30 of 48
- 01
- 02
The trash-bin exit and the fake necklace
The real plan revealed: the thugs were the decoy, the necklace left in a garbage bin, and the lab tells Guédira the recovered piece is a fake.
- 03
Claire turns on Assane: no more trust
Claire blames Assane for the kidnapping and threatens to call the police; he begs her not to and swears he will get Raoul back. Guédira insists on coming along.
- 04
Guédira plays the anxious husband in Assane's car
No reception, so Assane finds the kidnapper's route on a paper map while Guédira invents a worried wife as an excuse to stop in Bourneville.
- 05
Guédira's coded call: he is standing next to Sernine
While Assane questions silent villagers, Guédira phones the station and, with his target in earshot, tells his partner he has found their man and needs backup.
- 06
Assane makes the bar talk
Assane announces his kidnapped son to a silent room, loses patience with the barman, and gets the lead he needs. Guédira refuses to be left behind.
- 07
The Cagliostro slip exposes the fake text from Raoul
A text from the captor's phone invites Assane to a rendezvous; one wrong Lupin detail tells Assane and Guédira it is a trap, and they decide to walk into it.
- 08
Léonard dangles Raoul in front of Assane
At the old house Léonard lets Raoul see his father and scream for him; Assane promises to kill anyone who touches his son and is dared to come and get him.
- 09
Assane refuses the police: incompetent, corrupt, or both
Guédira suggests calling the police; Assane answers that the man who took his son owns them, then shuts down the Lupin game talk.
- 10
Assane unmasks Guédira as his Ganimard
Assane calmly asks how long before the police arrive, tells Guédira he has known his name for weeks, and leaves him tied up: he does not work with cops.
- 11
Guédira arrests Assane at the worst moment
Gun drawn, Guédira cuffs Assane while he pleads that his son is inside; Guédira admits he had believed they could be Lupin and will not fall for it again.
- 12
All this for a coffee: Anne Pellegrini walks in
Benjamin marvels that the whole scheme was built around one cafe meeting, then Juliette's mother sits down with the cop to tell the truth about her husband.
- 13
Guédira arrests Dumont instead of Diop
With Diop in his sights, Dumont is ordered to drop his gun by his own colleagues and arrested for corruption.
- 14
Guédira refuses to believe Diop is dead and checks the corpse himself
Guédira argues Lupin always fakes his death, then insists on examining the body in the morgue with his own ears.
- 15
Guédira halts the funeral and orders the casket opened
Mid-eulogy at Père Lachaise, Guédira barges in demanding proof of death; the mourners erupt and the lid comes up.
- 16
Assane climbs out of his grave and asks Ganimard to team up
Guédira finds Assane alive at the cemetery. Assane invokes The Red Silk Scarf, the one time Lupin and Ganimard worked together, and asks for help.
- 17
Guédira hides Assane by claiming his girlfriend is over
Sofia knocks and Guédira stalls her with the worst excuse available. Assane then lays out what a partnership would get the police.
- 18
Assane records his confession on Guédira's phone
To earn Guédira's help saving his mother, Assane records a dated video admitting he faked his death and promising to turn himself in.
- 19
Guédira admits he likes Sofia while being filmed
Introduced to a 'colleague' who looks a lot like Assane Diop, Guédira gets talked into gushing about Sofia, on camera.
- 20
Assane breaks a 'fifth-century' vase and exposes Lassaire's fakes
Posing as police with Guédira, Assane shatters a 25,000-euro vase and points out industrial oven bubbles on an antique that predates ovens.
- 21
Good cop, worse cop: Lassaire agrees to set up the Manet sale
Assane and Guédira stack up imaginary years of prison until the parolee gallery owner admits he was asked to broker the stolen Manet.
- 22
Assane shows Guédira the hollow needle and pitches Justin Avisto
Inside his hideout, Assane tells Guédira he will play a rich collector at the sale, or he can call Belkacem and arrest him right now.
- 23
Guédira plays Avisto and haggles for the stolen Manet
At the Hotel Derwatt, Guédira repeats Assane's lines in his ear, bluffs about his reputation, and gets the sellers down to 20 million.
- 24
Police raid: Assane slips out and Sofia unmasks Avisto
Mid-toast the police storm in. Assane thanks Ganimard and leaves him the painting and the bracelet, just as Sofia pulls off the disguise.
- 25
Sofia reveals the anonymous tip came from Assane
Sofia recaps the mess she found Youssef in, then plays back the call that sent her to the hotel, with a sign-off only one man would use.
- 26
Better than Ganimard: Assane lets Guedira arrest him
Assane surrenders to Guedira, telling him he is as good as Lupin, and says he himself is not Lupin anymore. In the van he denies knowing where the pearl is.
- 27
Assane's letter to Claire: it's time for the world to forget me
Claire reads Assane's farewell as he confesses to Guedira with three conditions, the first being Benjamin Férel's release. He turns himself in to set them free.
- 28
Assane denies knowing where Pellegrini went
Interrogated a week before release, Assane shrugs off the Pellegrini question while a flashback shows a private jet bound for Argentina.
- 29
Lupin is over: Assane tells Guédira he gets out Monday
A cheerful prison visit: Assane springs his early release on Guédira and swears his only plan now is to be a real father.
- 30
Eight o'clock: the inmates count down and Assane vanishes
The whole block counts down to eight, the lights cut, and when they come back the cage is empty and the painting is gone in Avignon.