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'Monsieur N.' is a 2003 British-French film directed by Antoine de Caunes. It tells the story of the last years of the life of the Emperor Napolon (played by Philippe Torreton), who was imprisoned by the British on St Helena. Napolon retained a loyal entourage of officers who helped him plot his escape, and evaded the attentions of Major-General Sir Hudson Lowe (Richard E. Grant), the island's overzealous Governor.

The film suggests that Napolon could have escaped to Louisiana, where he died, and that the body exhumed and now at Les Invalides is that of Napolon's officer Cipriani. The film also suggests that Napolon and his young new English wife, Betsy Balcombe, could have attended the ceremony of "Napolon's" burial in the Invalides.

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The film was well received. , 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."

The film received a positive but guarded review in 'The New York Times', which praised Philippe Torreton's performance but thought the narrative too complex for an audience not initiated in Napolon's history.[https://movies.nytimes.com/2005/01/21/movies/21mons.html "Embroidering the Fate of the First Man Who Thought He Was Napoleon,"] Stephen Holden, 'New York Times,' 21 January 2005

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