Return of the Hero

Return of the Hero (Le retour du héros, 2018) is Laurent Tirard's French costume comedy, ready to watch online on iFILM. The year is 1809. Captain Neuville, a smooth-talking braggart and womanizer, marches off to Austria with Napoleon's army and swears to write young Pauline every single day. Not one letter arrives.

To rescue her heartbroken sister, the sharp-witted Élisabeth starts forging the letters herself. Under her pen the coward becomes a decorated national hero, and eventually she stages his glorious death just to end the charade. The catch: the real Neuville turns up alive, broke and shameless, ready to topple the whole legend. Jean Dujardin revels in playing the charming scoundrel, while Mélanie Laurent gives him the perfect foil, a woman who sees straight through him. A light farce of duels, lies and barbed dialogue for an easy evening. Stream Return of the Hero (2018) online on iFILM.