Bonaparte vu d'Égypte
Jean-Marie Boulet
2009 - 52 min - HDV - Couleur - France

Napoleon's expedition to Egypt some 200 years ago is intentionally portrayed as an act of post-revolutionary humanism. But we often ignore how the Egyptians perceived and reacted to this occupation, which laid the groundwork for future French colonial policies in Africa.
The director, Jean-Marie Boulet, offered Egyptians the opportunity to re-examine and to react to this period of Franco-Egyptian relations, and to offer a rebuttal to the story as told in our school history books.
This rigorous investigation, bolstered by interviews with Egyptian history buffs and adorned with rich iconography, dismantles for the first time the mechanisms of a legend deftly created and maintained by France.

Histoire | Bonaparte (Napoléon) | Égypte


Author-Director : Jean-Marie Boulet
Photography : Jean-Marie Boulet
Sound : Arnaud Soulier
Editing : Eulalie Korenfeld
Delegate Producer : Les Films d'ici
Broadcasting Co-producer : France 5
Contribution : CNC

Distribution


Distributor : Les Films d'ici
Not commercial Distribution : ADAV
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