Lupine: The Fury of Etretat’s Residents at the Success of the Netflix Series

This is called success ransom. The popularity of the Netflix series Lupine with Omar Sy has led to a surge in attendance at Clos Lupin, a Norman museum in the town of Etretat dedicated to the adventures of gentleman thief Arsene Lupin and the life of its author, Maurice LeBlanc. the owner of secondary housing in the region).

So no Covid effect for museum visits, but definitely a Netflix effect with a 300% increase in turnover and visits multiplied by ten in a few months! In addition to the French, German, Italian, Spanish and Dutch visitors are regularly counted as proof that Lupin’s huge popularity around the world was not necessary…

But this enthusiasm does not only make people happy, starting with the director of the museum, Merylise Alix, who was interviewed by our colleagues. pointWhich laments the impact of the Netflix series on ticket sales: “We get the impression that we have become a museum of Omar Sy, when we have nothing in common.” He specifically told the weekly.

To make matters worse, the tourist rush to the museum is causing real tension in Etretat, where many residents have already taken measures to avoid traffic jams in the city, overcrowding in shops or even illegal parking on private property.

“It doesn’t take more than 5,000 people in total to be good, but we often go over 6,000 or 7,000.” Condemns the mayor of the city, Andre Bayard, who condemns the alarming increase in emigration: a loss of 400 residents from a population of 1339 in the last twenty years!

Unfortunately for Étretatais, things aren’t supposed to develop for the next few months, while the third part of Lupine is set to arrive exclusively on the Netflix platform before the end of the year.