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Adieu Bonaparte

Where:

🇪🇬 Egypt 🇫🇷 France

When:

The 1800s

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.

Released in 1985 — 115 minutes

Genres:

Drama History War

Languages:

French Arabic