Mohamed Atef

This big-budget historical epic from acclaimed Egyptian director Youssef Chahine features a crazed turn by Patrice Chereau as Napoleon Bonaparte. The film, an Egyptian-French co-production, deals with Napoleon's occupation of Alexandria and its effect on a typical Egyptian family. Michel Piccoli leads the cast as a general in Napoleon's army who tentatively befriends a local poet.

Summer of 1955 in Fez – a summer day in the vivacious Medina of this beautiful Moroccan city. Due to the occupying French forces, the tension is quite high. Director Abdelhaï Laraki decided to use a historical approach but tackles issues of contemporary Morocco.