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Basquiat
The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.
Napoleon: Destiny and Death
May 5, 1821. Napoleon Bonaparte, deposed emperor exiled on the island of St. Helena, is about to take his last breath. The son of a Corsican family, he has been close to death on many occasions since, as a young captain in the revolutionary army, he seized Toulon from the royalists in 1793.
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Tristan Delus Napoleon Bonaparte
Denis Podalydès Self - Narrator (voice)
Patrice Gueniffey Self - Historian
Jacques-Olivier Boudon Self - Historian
Thierry Lenz Self - Historian
Pierre Branda Self - Historian
Charles-Éloi Vial Self - Historian
François Houdececk Self - Historian
Chantal Prévot Self - Historian
Émilie Robbe Self - Historian
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