Project Detail

Sabotage

Synopsis

June 1815. Napoleon Bonaparte, surrounded by enemies, is about to play his definitive part in history. No problem. That's his job. The trouble with Boney is that he is already sick of himself.

He has spent his whole life building a personality full of strength, determination, charisma and mystery. But as happens to some rock stars, he now finds that 'super-leader' image asphyxiating and almost unbearable.

Meanwhile, one of his aides, the marechal Hugo Armani, has only one dream: to be like his idol, his sun, his guide, his Emperor.

During the battle of Waterloo, Armani's secret longing breaks through the frontier of desire to become first an obsession, then a severe neurosis and, finally, the first case of Napoleonic Delirium in modern psychiatry.

Details

Year
2001
Type of project
Features
Running time
90 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Esteban and Jose Miguel Ibarretxe
Producer
Eduardo Carneros, Javier Ibarretxe, Inaki Nunez, Philippe Carcassonne
Editor
Pablo Zumarraga
Screenwriter
Esteban and Jose Miguel Ibarretxe
Director of Photography
Kiko de la Rica
Composer
Santiago Ibarretxe
Principal cast
David Suchet, Stephen Fry, Dominique Pinon, Alaxendre Vandernoot, Juan Inciarte, Santiago Segura

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Production Status

Production Company

Contact: Michael Cowan / Jason Piette

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UK

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Sales Company

Pathe International

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UK

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