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Adieu Bonaparte (1985)
Directed by Youssef Chahine
Overview
This big-budget historical epic from acclaimed Egyptian director Youssef Chahine features a crazed turn by Patrice Chereau as Napoleon Bonaparte. The film, an Egyptian-French co-production, deals with Napoleon’s occupation of Alexandria and its effect on a typical Egyptian family. Michel Piccoli leads the cast as a general in Napoleon’s army who tentatively befriends a local poet.
Length 115 minutes
Actors
محسن محيي الدين | Ahmed Abdelaziz | Gamil Ratib | Michel Piccoli | Patrice Chéreau | Abla Kamel | Mohsena Tawfik | Seif El Dine | Christian Patey | Hassan Hussein | Salah Zulfikar | Hoda Soltan | Tewfik El Dekn | Taheya Cariocca | Ali El Sherif | Salah Jahine | Mohamed Atef | Jean-Pierre Michaud | Claude Cernay | Hassan El Adl | Mohamed Dardeery | Dahlia Younès | Antic Melkior | Magdy Ahmed Aly | Naima El Soghier | محمود الجندى