The celebrated jewel thief of the belle époque receives fast-paced and inventive treatment from the
combined talents of the luminous Kristin Scott Thomas as a darkly seductive adversary and rising
star Romain Duris in the dashing title role. Director Jean-Paul Salomé who confronted Ghostbusters
and The Mummy in Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre, orchestrates it all at breakneck speed.
Scott Thomas and Duris are captivating in the leads.

Her ever-cool demeanour is the perfect fit for this larger than-life literary figure while the lithe, mischievous and debonair Duris obviously relished the chance to swashbuckle his way through French history. The gems on show came courtesy of Cartier. The stunts and production values are outstanding, especially designer Francoise Dupertuis' evocation of Paris of the 1890s, when many of its well-known monuments were under construction.