Vidocq escapes captivity 1805. Years later, he's a fabric merchant in Paris with 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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Title: The Emperor of Paris (2018)
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2 nominations.
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| Vincent Cassel | ... | François Vidocq | |
| Patrick Chesnais | ... | Henry | |
| August Diehl | ... | Nathanaël | |
| Olga Kurylenko | ... | La Baronne | |
| Denis Lavant | ... | Maillard | |
| Freya Mavor | ... | Annette | |
| Denis Ménochet | ... | Dubillard | |
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Jérôme Pouly | ... | Courtaud (as Jérôme Pouly de la Comédie Française) |
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James Thierrée | ... | Le duc |
| Fabrice Luchini | ... | Fouché | |
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Fayçal Safi | ... | Mehmet |
| Antoine Lelandais | ... | Fleur d'Epine | |
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Frédéric Fix | ... | Pélissier |
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Némo Schiffman | ... | Charles |
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Lucien Belvès | ... | Poitou |
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Under the reign of Napoleon, François Vidocq, the only man who escaped from the greatest penal colony of the country, is a legend of the low-Parisian fund. Left for dead after his last spectacular escape, the ex-penal colony prisoner tries to make him forget under the traits of a single trader. Written by Hugo Van Herpe
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On November 3, 2018, a world premiere took place at the Arras Film Festival 2018, in the hometown of Eugène-François Vidocq, in the presence of lead actor Vincent Cassel and director Jean-François Richet. On that occasion, the municipality of Arras inaugurated an "Eugène-François Vidocq street", the plaque being unveiled by Vincent Cassel himself. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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FrenchRelease Date:
19 December 2018 (France) See more »Also Known As:
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EUR22,100,000 (estimated)Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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It was a really nice movie with great acting. Vincent Cassel was astonishing, as always!!!! However, as it was a real story and Francois Vidocq was a person that existed in real life, it would have been better if we were given further information about him at the end of the movie, that he finally accepted to be the leader of security police of Paris, he founded the 1st detective agency and he is considered to be the father of modern criminology.