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Napoleon and Me

2006 · 110 min

A gentle, wry historical comedy that charms with its odd-couple dynamic and leaves a bittersweet aftertaste.

Overview: 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.
How it feels: Whimsical, satirical, warm and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Identity, obsession, power, class
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
obsession
power
class
betrayal
Places: small town
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild