Monsieur N.

Antoine de Caunes' second feature, Monsieur N. is a historical mystery thriller about Napoleon. Sir Hudson Lowe (Richard E. Grant) is assigned to guard Napoleon (Philippe Torreton) while the latter is in exile in Saint Helena. A local girl, Betsy (Siobhan Hewlett), has a crush on the exiled leader. This, along with the fact that keeping Napoleon on the island is costing the British a great sum of money, leads Lowe to consider drastic action.

"An intricate, fetchingly lensed tale of historical speculation framed as a plausible thriller…Beautifully appointed Franco-British co-production is dramatically dense, neatly thesped and visually involving."
-Lisa Nessolson
VarietyÂ