The Emperor's New Clothes (2001)
- Directed by
- Alan Taylor
- Genre
- historical drama film
- Country
- United Kingdom, Italy, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 45 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An aging Napoleon Bonaparte swaps places with a lookalike to escape his island exile and secretly return to Paris. He tries to reclaim his past glory but finds himself drawn into the life of an ordinary civilian.
lightheartedwhimsicalslow-burnwarmplayfulhistorical-fantasycharmingunderstated
What happens
The Emperor's New Clothes is a 2001 historical drama film directed by Alan Taylor and based on the 1986 novel The Death of Napoleon by Simon Leys. The film stars Ian Holm as Napoleon Bonaparte (his third performance as the military and political leader, after 1974's Napoleon and Love and 1981's Time Bandits), Iben Hjejle, and Tim McInnerny. The plot imagines an alternate history in which Napoleon escapes his exile on Saint Helena. Although set in Paris, the film was mostly shot in Turin, Italy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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