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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This event is part of the "Cinematic Transformations from the Global South" program

Projects at the Lab: The Cinematheque | All That We Witness presents in February, March, and April, a series of events that engage the concept of cinema and its role through film practices and productions from the Global South. The program seeks to revisit the meanings and forms of cinematic expression from a perspective that moves beyond the dominant global system shaping film production and circulation, and the formal and thematic frameworks they often impose. The program includes talks and study sessions, alongside a film screening program and collective discussions.