Synopsis
Elba island, 1814. Martino is a young teacher, idealist and strongly anti Napoleon, in love with the beautiful and noble Baroness Emily. The young man finds himself serving as librarian to the Great Emperor in exile, whom he deeply hates, yet soon begins recording Napoleon's memoirs, getting to know and learning to value the man behind the myth. Among seductions and affairs, expectations and fears, he will craft a precise portrait that nevertheless will not manage to hide a final, inevitable, disappointment.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
118 audience votes
Key crew
- Paolo VirzìDirector
- Francesco BruniScreenplay
- Giacomo ScarpelliScreenplay
- Furio ScarpelliScreenplay
- Paolo VirzìScreenplay
- Paolo BuonvinoOriginal Music Composer
- Juan Bardem AguadoOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Daniel AuteuilNapoleone Bonaparte
- Elio GermanoMartino Papucci
- Monica BellucciBaronessa Emilia Speziali
- Francesca InaudiMirella
- Sabrina ImpacciatoreDiamantina Papucci
- Valerio MastandreaFerrante Papucci
- Massimo CeccheriniCosimo Bartolini
- Omero AntonuttiMaestro Fontanelli
- Margarita LozanoPascalina
- José Ángel EgidoMarchand
- Achille BrugniniColonnello Campbell
- Vincent Lo MonacoGenerale Drouot
Stills
Themes
napoleon bonaparte