The parallel is striking. The robbery at the Louvre Museum on October 19 is so reminiscent of the great heist movies that it makes viewers want to immerse themselves again in the adventures of Arsène Lupine or Danny Ocean.
Netflix’s Lupine with Omar Sy thus benefited from this renewed interest in heist movies. Because the series based on the work of Maurice Leblanc had imagined since the premiere of its first season, in 2021, the theft of a necklace that belonged to Marie Antoinette, displayed in the Louvre.
It’s hard to be more like the Louvre heist, during which Empress Marie Louise’s emerald necklace and even Empress Eugenie’s tiara disappeared. The series registered a 100% increase in views between October 19 and 24, according to figures from the Justwatch platform, a database and search engine on streaming platforms.
From Arsene Lupine to Danny Ocean
Farther from the Louvre, but still in the spectacular heists department, the Spanish series The Money Heist It is also back in the spotlight and registers an increase of 380%.
Films like Steven Soderbergh’s saga about Billy Ocean, the thief played by George Clooney in eleven of the ocean, The twelve of the ocean AND ocean thirteenalso benefits from this interest in daring thieves. While a sequel is being prepared, George Clooney joked about the robbery at the Louvre, showing enthusiasm for this robbery in broad daylight “among the tourists.”
“I saw the video of them coming out of the forklift. It was cool. Well, cool, it’s terrible. But if you’re a professional thief like me, I was really proud of those guys.”
The red circle by Jean-Pierre Melville, the heist film par excellence, in which Alain Delon and Yves Montand carry out the perfect robbery in the cozy premises of a Parisian jewelry store, also arouses the interest of French viewers.
The same phenomenon occurred during the Covid pandemic, when movies about an epidemic suddenly captivated crowds. Illegal movie download. Contagionwhose realism we were able to experience, had thus experienced a peak in March 2020, during the first confinement.
Source: BFM TV
