L'Empereur de Paris

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6.3/10

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Vincent Cassel, Patrick Chesnais, August Diehl, Fabrice Luchini, James Thierrée, Olga Kurylenko, Denis Ménochet, and Freya Mavor in L'Empereur de Paris (2018)

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Vidocq escapes captivity in 1805; years later he's a fabric merchant in Paris under an alias. He makes a deal of amnesty for catching criminals. He builds an efficient team of ex-cons to cat... Read allVidocq escapes captivity in 1805; years later he's a fabric merchant in Paris under an alias. He makes a deal of amnesty for catching criminals. He builds an efficient team of ex-cons to catch or kill them.Vidocq escapes captivity in 1805; years later he's a fabric merchant in Paris under an alias. He makes a deal of amnesty for catching criminals. He builds an efficient team of ex-cons to catch or kill them.

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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

6.4K

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See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 nominations total

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Trivia
It's a true story. Eugène-François Vidocq was an important figure of French history even though he is not very well known, and has been portrayed on screen numerous times, in films such as the Vidocq (1911), Vidocq (1939), Scandale à Paris (1946), Le cavalier de Croix-Mort (1948), Le comte de Monte-Cristo (1961) and Vidocq (2001) among others.

Goofs
When Vidocq fights Nathanaël in the church and seizes his fist, in which the knife is still held, Vidocq's grip on the hand changes in between shots.

Connections
References Scandale à Paris (1946)

Soundtracks
Te Deum
Music by Marc-Antoine Charpentier

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Featured review

7/10

Long Live the Emperor!

L'Empereur de Paris is a nice movie that takes us back to the times of France under the rule of Napoleon. The great performing Vincent Cassel plays Francois Vidocq, an ex-con who hunts down the most notorious criminals of the Parisian underworld to get a pardon in return for his services. Fantastic settings and costumes and a very good cast take us back in time and give us a relatively close authentic portrait of the era of Napoleon. Directed by Jean-François Richet (known for a broader audience for Blood Father with Mel Gibson, and the remake of Assault on Precinct 13 from 2005) The Emperor of Paris is a fine movie if you like to watch movies/stories like Les Misérables, The Count of Monte Cristo, Oliver Twist, The Duelists, Gangs of New York, and of course the Vidocq movie with Gérard Depardieu (2001).