The Emperor of Paris is a 2018 French historical drama film directed by Jean-François Richet and written by Éric Besnard and Richet.[3][4]
The Emperor of Paris | |
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French | L'Empereur de Paris |
Directed by | Jean-François Richet |
Screenplay by | Éric Besnard Jean-François Richet |
Produced by | Eric Altmayer Nicolas Altmayer |
Starring | Vincent Cassel |
Cinematography | Manuel Dacosse |
Edited by | Hervé Schneid |
Music by | Marco Beltrami Marcus Trumpp |
Distributed by | Gaumont |
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Running time | 120 |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Budget | $25.6 million[1] |
Box office | $8.6 million[2] |
The film is about an ex-con turned police officer.[5] Under the reign of Napoleon, Francois Vidocq cuts a notorious figure in the Parisian underworld - he is the only man to have escaped the country's most terrifying penal colonies. However, some years later, he switched sides and gets hired as a detective on French police. He founded his own police team and became one of the greatest detectives of all times. However, his dark past still follows him...
The film premiered at the Arras Film Festival on 3 November 2018. It was later released in France and Belgium on 19 December 2018, followed by other countries on later dates.
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