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Napoleon (2023)

★ 6.3 · 3,067 ratings on TMDB

He came from nothing. He conquered everything.

Napoleon poster★ 6.3

An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine.

DirectorRidley Scott
CastBen Miles, Edouard Philipponnat, Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Bonnar, Miles Jupp, Paul Rhys
GenresHistory, Romance, War
The emergence reading

Napoleon keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E12 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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