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Napoleon is a 2023 epic biographical war film co-produced and directed by Ridley Scott from a screenplay by David Scarpa.Based on the life of Napoleon and primarily depicting his rise to power, as well as his relationship with his wife, Joséphine, it stars Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon and Vanessa Kirby as Joséphine.
Napoleon conducts the French campaign in Egypt and Syria, 1798–1801, the Coup of 18 Brumaire, and avoids the Plot of the rue Saint-Nicaise, 1800. In 1804, Napoleon oversees the controversial arrest and execution of the duc d'Enghien, followed by the elevation of members of the House of Bonaparte, and Napoleon's imperial coronation.
The film was well-received. As of July 2020, 71% of the 21 reviews compiled by Rotten Tomatoes are positive, with an average rating of 6.27/10. The website's critics' consensus reads: "Fueled by performances as polished as its visuals, Monsieur N. is a flawed yet largely absorbing look at an imagined chapter of Napoleon's exile."
Scott’s “Napoleon” is not the first big-budget Hollywood attempt to bring the French emperor to the big screen. Stanley Kubrick famously tried and failed to get a Napoleon movie off the ground.
Nov. 24—The literal French definition of "tour de force," an admiring noun that gets thrown around a lot in English, translates as "feat of strength." Therefore, I don't get it.
This list does not include documentaries, short films. This list of movies is not a list of Napoleon movies. This includes films about Napoleon's life after ≈1799. About Napoleon's life before ≈1799, see the List of films set during the French Revolution and French Revolutionary Wars.
Josephine Bonaparte was Napoleon’s first wife. ... The Napoleon movie does a great job of showcasing ... Napoleon’s last words upon his own death in 1821 were—when translated into English ...
Napoléon is a 1955 French historical epic film written and directed by Sacha Guitry, which depicts major events in the life of Napoleon (Daniel Gélin as a young man, Raymond Pellegrin in later life; the switch takes place during a scene at a barber).