Adieu Bonaparte

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Plot

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. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi

Cast

Hassan Hussein; Claude Cernay; Gamil Ratib; Farid Mahmoud; Hoda Sultan; Salah Zulfikar; Hassan El Adl; Mohamed Dardiri; Abla Kamel; Dahlia Younes; Seif El Dine; Tahia Carioca; Tewfik El Dekkin; Ahmad Adbel Aziz

Credit

Onsi Abou Seif - Art Director, Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle - Costume Designer, Youssef Chahine - Director, Luc Barnier - Editor, Gabriel Yared - Composer (Music Score), Evelyne Byot - Makeup, Mohsen Fahmy - Makeup, Mohsen Nasr - Cinematographer, Humbert Balsan - Producer, Marianne Khoury - Producer, Jean-Pierre Mahot - Producer, Youssef Chahine - Screenwriter, Jean-Michel Comet - Screenwriter, Mohsen Mohiedine - Screenwriter, Yousry Nasrallah - Screenwriter

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Adieu Bonaparte
Directed by Youssef Chahine
Produced by Humbert Balsan
Marianne Khoury
Jean-Pierre Mahot
Written by Youssef Chahine
Yousry Nasrallah
Starring Patrice Chéreau
Cinematography Mohsen Nasr
Editing by Luc Barnier
Release date(s) 17 May 1985 (1985-05-17)
Running time 115 minutes
Country Egypt
France
Language Arabic
French

Adieu Bonaparte (Arabic: وداعا بونابرت‎, translit. Weda'an Bonapart) is a 1985 French-Egyptian historical drama film directed by Youssef Chahine. It was entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Cast

  • Michel Piccoli - Cafarelli
  • Mohsen Mohieddin - Ali
  • Patrice Chéreau - Napoléon Bonaparte
  • Mohsena Tewfik - La mère
  • Christian Patey - Horace
  • Gamil Ratib - Barthelemy
  • Taheya Cariocca - La sage femme
  • Claude Cernay - Decoin
  • Mohamad Dardiri - Sheikh Charaf
  • Hassan El Adl - Cheikh Aedalah
  • Tewfik El Dekn - Le Derwiche (as Tewfik El Dekken)
  • Seif El Dine - Kourayem (as Seif Eddina)
  • Hassan Husseiny - Le père
  • Farid Mahmoud - Faltaos
  • Hoda Soltan - Nefissa
  • Salah Zulfikar - Cheikh Hassouna

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