Sabotage
Synopsis
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
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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
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
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Sales Company
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