FALLING SHORT

By Aleksandra WELLISZ

LONDON FILM SCHOOL - as PROMO

Comedy - Completed 2025

Sick and tired of public ignorance, a Napoleon Expert sets out to correct the historical record and tell the true story of Bonaparte's final years on St. Helena.

    • Year of production
    • 2025
    • Genres
    • Comedy
    • Countries
    • UNITED KINGDOM
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 11 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Aleksandra WELLISZ
    • Synopsis
    • Napoleon Bonaparte languishes in his imprisonment on the island of Saint Helena accompanied by his loyal dachshund, Ossian. It seems the only thing left for them is to carve out a desperate existence scavenging local wildlife and reminiscing on his glory days as emperor. However, thousands of miles away, Napoleon's overbearing mother plots his escape, and Ossian cultivates telepathic abilities that promise to tap Napoleon’s heretofore undiscovered creative genius and launch his career in a surprising new direction: music. This is not the emperor’s last chapter, but rather something entirely new.