Adieu Bonaparte

Adieu Bonaparte
Film poster
Directed byYoussef Chahine
Written byYoussef Chahine
Yousry Nasrallah
Produced byHumbert Balsan
Marianne Khoury
Jean-Pierre Mahot
StarringMichel Piccoli
Salah Zulfikar
Mohsen Mohieddin
Patrice Chéreau
CinematographyMohsen Nasr
Edited byLuc Barnier
Release date
  • 17 May 1985 (1985-05-17)
Running time
115 minutes
CountriesEgypt
France
LanguagesEgyptian Arabic
French

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 and stars Michel Piccoli, Salah Zulfikar, Mohsen Mohieddin and Patrice Chéreau. 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]

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
  • Huda Sultan as Nefissa
  • 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

See also

References

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