Adieu Bonaparte

May. 17,1985      
Rating:
6.2
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Ahmed Abdelaziz as  Bakr
Gamil Ratib as  Barthélémy
Michel Piccoli as  Caffarelli
Patrice Chéreau as  Napoléon Bonaparte
Abla Kamel as  La femme de Bakr
Christian Patey as  Horace
Hassan Hussein as  Le père

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Reviews

Solemplex
1985/05/17

To me, this movie is perfection.

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Moustroll
1985/05/18

Good movie but grossly overrated

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ShangLuda
1985/05/19

Admirable film.

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Kien Navarro
1985/05/20

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

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