Monsieur N.
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Directed by | Antoine de Caunes |
Produced by | Pierre Kubel |
Written by | René Manzor |
Starring | Philippe Torreton Richard E. Grant Jay Rodan |
Distributed by | Empire Pictures |
Release date(s) | 12 February 2003 (France) |
Running time | 120 min. |
Language | French, English, Corsican |
Budget | €15,920,000 |
IMDb profile |
Monsieur N. is a 2003 French movie directed by Antoine de Caunes. It tells the story of the last years of the life of Napoleon Bonaparte (played by Philippe Torreton) who was imprisoned by the British on St Helena. Napoleon retained a loyal entourage of officers who helped him plot his escape, and evaded the attentions of Sir Hudson Lowe (Richard E. Grant), the island's overzealous Governor.
The film suggests that Napoleon escaped to Louisiana, where he died, and that the body exhumed and now at Les Invalides is that of Napoleon's officer Cipriani.
- Tagline: A single letter contains history's greatest enigma.
[edit] External links
- (French) Official site
- Monsieur N. at the Internet Movie Database