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Adieu Bonaparte
Adieu Bonaparte
	Film poster
Directed by	Youssef Chahine
Written by	Youssef Chahine; Yousry Nasrallah
Produced by	Humbert Balsan; Marianne Khoury; Jean-Pierre Mahot
Starring	Patrice Chéreau; Salah Zulfikar
Cinematography	Mohsen Nasr
Edited by	Luc Barnier
Release date	17 May 1985;
Running time	115 minutes
Countries	Egypt; France
Languages	Arabic; French

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Adieu Bonaparte or Bonaparte in Egypt (Egyptian Arabic: وداعا بونابرت, translit. Weda'an Bonapart) is a 1985 Egyptian-French historical drama film directed by Youssef Chahine. It was entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.^[1] It was later selected for screening as part of the Cannes Classics section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.^[2]

Plot

The French have come to liberate the Egyptians from the Mamluk yoke. After a hard-fought fight before the pyramids (from which the French emerge victors) the soldiers of the republic join in friendship with the Egyptians of Cairo. This is particularly true of General Caffarelli, Bonaparte’s friend from the days of the Italian campaign.

Cast

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

Production

The film is a joint Egyptian-French production. Youssef Chahine’s tale is half historical half philosophical and it takes the viewer on a voyage of discovery of Egypt whose oriental aromas possess the soul of the world.

File:Adieu Bonaparte- Salah Zulfikar (1985).jpg

Salah Zulfikar as Cheikh Hassouna in Adieu Bonaparte (1985)

Adieu Bonaparte was chosen to represent Egypt at the 1985 Cannes festival. Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle’s costumes are sumptuous, Mohen Nasr images of the Nile and Mediterranean are spectacular and Chahine and Mohiedine’s dialogues are extremely moving. Furthermore, Patrice Chéreau’s Napoleon and Salah Zulfikar’s Cheikh Hassouna were unforgettable.

References

^ "Festival de Cannes: Adieu Bonaparte". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 26 June 2009.
^ "Cannes Classics 2016". Cannes Film Festival. 20 April 2016. Archived from the original on 10 February 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2016.

External links

Adieu Bonaparte at IMDb

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[festival-cannes.com-1] "Festival de Cannes: Adieu Bonaparte". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 26 June 2009.

[Classics-2] "Cannes Classics 2016". Cannes Film Festival. 20 April 2016. Archived from the original on 10 February 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2016.

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 Adieu Bonaparte was chosen to represent Egypt at the 1985 Cannes festival. Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle’s costumes are sumptuous, Mohen Nasr images of the Nile and Mediterranean are spectacular and Chahine and Mohiedine’s dialogues are extremely moving. Furthermore, Patrice Chéreau’s Napoleon and Salah Zulfikar’s Cheikh Hassouna were unforgettable.