On the occasion of the centenary of the late Egyptian director Youssef Chahine, Darat al Funun presents the restored version of his 1985 film Adieu Bonaparte. Set in Alexandria in 1798, the film opens with the arrival of the French Campaign in Egypt. As Napoleon’s forces advance across the country and defeat the Mamluks, an Egyptian family with three sons flees to Cairo.

The film follows the three brothers as they each navigate life under occupation in different ways; resisting, reckoning with, and trying to make sense of it through paths that gradually pull them apart. In the process, their relationships with one another, with their community, and with their country are transformed.

The film is in Egyptian Arabic and French, with English subtitles.
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