Napoleon and Me

Napoleon and Me

110 mins | Comedy, War, History | Oct. 13, 2006

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.

Napoleon and Me

110 mins | Comedy, War, History | Oct. 13, 2006

Napoleon and Me
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.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Babe Films, Alquimia Cinema
Original title N (Io e Napoleone)
Directors Paolo Virzì
Writers Paolo Virzì, Giacomo Scarpelli, Francesco Bruni, Furio Scarpelli

Cast

Daniel Auteuil

as Napolen

Monica Bellucci

as Baronessa Emilia Speziali

Elio Germano

as Martino Papucci

Sabrina Impacciatore

as Diamantina Papucci

Valerio Mastandrea

as Ferrante Papucci

Francesca Inaudi

as Mirella

Massimo Ceccherini

as Cosimo Bartolini

Omero Antonutti

as Maestro Fontanelli

Margarita Lozano

as Pascalina

José Ángel Egido

as Marchand

Achille Brugnini

as Col. Campbell

Vincent Lo Monaco

as Generale Drouot

Vittorio Amandola

as Sindaco Egisto Lonzi Tognarini

Emanuele Barresi

as Segretario comunale

Carlo Monni

as Notaio Bonci Bacelli

Fausto Caroli

as Ali

Andrea Cambi

as Oreste

Gianluca Iume

as Brogi

Raffaella Lebboroni

as Governante

Giorgio Algranti

as Servitore

Carlo Neri

as Servitore

Sandro Radicia

as Ufficiale francese

Andrea Buscemi

as Coadiutore

Simone Caroti

as Venditore frutta

Marco Conte

as Cocchiere

Giorgio Cortigiani

as Pescatore in taverna

Fabio Vannozzi

as Avventore in taverna

Alberto Forti

as Avventore in taverna

Guido Genovesi

as Avventore in taverna

Pietro Fornaciari

as Pescivendolo

Tommaso Forni

as Ufficiale lancieri polacchi

Gloria Bigongiali

as Signora Bonci Bacelli

Max Galligani

as Soldato elbano

Simone Gallo

as Soldato elbano

Francesco Gerardi

as Soldato elbano

Roberto Marini

as Mainardi

Sergio Pirilli

as Aiuto generale Drouot

Giovanni Rindi

as Aiuto Col. Campbell

Luca Saglimbeni

as Lanciere polacco

Vincenza Scotto

as Madre

Maria Grazia Taddei

as Vecchia domestica

Carlo Ipata

as Musicista

Giorgio Sasso

as Musicista

Massimo Paciarello

as Musicista

Matteo Scarpelli

as Musicista

Francesco Bruni

as Cicisbeo di corte

Matteo Creatini

as Bruno

Amedeo Delle Piane

as Ferruccio

Jacopo Galli

as Pietrino

Silvia Lombardo

as Popolana