Le retour du héros

6.5

/10

1h 30m 7+History Comedy Drama

France 1809. The charming Captain Neuville is set to marry the naïve Pauline when the war breaks out, forcing Neuville to depart for the battlefield. After not hearing from the captain for months, Pauline soon starts to become ill with worry, pushing her sister Elizabeth to write fake letters on behalf of Neuville thinking he would never come back. When Neuville finally returns home unexpectedly, he is welcomed in glory but in truth is a war deserter and an opportunistic coward. A suspicious Elizabeth is determined to expose the real Neuville and the two imposters are about to start a ruthless fight, conspiring against each other using the best tricks they can find.

Spoken language: fr

Starring Jean Dujardin, Mélanie Laurent, Christophe Montenez, Fabienne Galula, Noémie Merlant, Féodor Atkine, Evelyne Buyle, Aurélie Boquien, Christian Bujeau, Laurent Bateau

Watch "Le retour du héros" from streaming services Google Play, Apple TV+ (itunes) released in 2018. It's a history and comedy movie, and has a rating of 6.5 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie, and is currently only available for purchase or rent.