Story of movie Monsieur N. :
Monsieur N. is a 2003 British-French film directed by Antoine de Caunes. It tells the story of the last years of the life of the Emperor Napoléon (played by Philippe Torreton), who was imprisoned by the British on St Helena. Napoléon retained a loyal entourage of officers who helped him plot his escape, and evaded the attentions of Major-General Sir Hudson Lowe (Richard E. Grant), the island's overzealous Governor.
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| Directed by | Antoine de Caunes |
| Produced by | Pierre Kubel |
| Written by | René Manzor |
| Starring | Philippe Torreton Richard E. Grant Elsa Zylberstein Jay Rodan Frédéric Pierrot |
| Distributed by | Empire Pictures |
Release date | 12 February 2003 (France) |
Running time | 120 min. |
| Country | France United Kingdom |
| Language | French English Corsican |
| Budget | €15,920,000 |
The film suggests that Napoléon could have escaped to Louisiana, where he died, and that the body exhumed and now at Les Invalides is that of Napoléon's officer Cipriani. The film also suggests that Napoléon and his young new English wife could have attended the ceremony of "Napoléon's" burial in the Invalides.
The film was well received and has a 70% "fresh" rating on film critic aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes.
The film received a positive but guarded review in The New York Times, which praised Philippe Torreton's performance but thought the narrative too complex for an audience not initiated in Napoléon's history.
- (in French) Official site
- Monsieur N. on IMDb
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