Weda'an Bonapart
Réalisation:
Youssef ChahineScénario:
Youssef ChahinePhotographie:
Mohsen NasrMusique:
Gabriel YaredActeurs·trices:
Michel Piccoli, Mohsen Mohieddin, Patrice Chéreau, Mohamad Atef, Claude Cernay, Christian Patey, Taheya Cariocca, Gamil Ratib, Seif El Dine (plus)Résumés(1)
Avide de puissance et de gloire, Bonaparte entame la campagne d’Egypte. Loin de ces preoccupations guerrieres, Caffarelli, l’un de ses generaux, part a la decouverte de ce pays et de son ame. Il va s’opposer a l’action exclusivement destructrice de Bonaparte. (Tamasa Distribution)
Critiques (1)
I wouldn’t guess that Egypt would produce an epic period movie with a lot of mass scenes, let alone Egypt during the 1980s’. Youssef Chahine knew very well what he wanted to produce. And taking into consideration that the year was 1985 I have to say that it is quite a nice piece. The funny thing is, of course, that the Egyptians act as the most proud nation of them all and even local kid heroes are able to kick Napoleon’s butt. Nevertheless I’m not French so it doesn’t offend me and I don’t know the historical facts of Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt well enough to tell what was true and what was not. The nationalism was extreme in this movie but from the film-making point of view it wasn’t bad at all.
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