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Napoleon: In the Name of Art

2021 · 100 min Documentary
8.2 / 10 · TMDB

The documentary tells how Bonaparte's passion - sometimes Bonaparte's obsession - for art and knowledge, has changed the face of modern culture: from the birth of schools, libraries and public museums (including Brera and the Louvre) to foundation of Egyptology thanks to the Egyptian campaign, from the extraordinary archaeological discoveries to the looting of works of art, up to the paintings and sculptures dedicated to him. We will enter the mind of Napoleon and his literary predilections, his psychology, his immoderate passion for self-affirmation, which so much inspired men of power, intellectuals, dictators over the following centuries.

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Original Title Napoleone - Nel nome dell'arte
Year 2021
Country Italy
Genre Documentary
Director Giovanni Piscaglia
Runtime 100 min.
Rating TMDB: 8.2/10 (6 votes)

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The documentary strikes a compelling balance between a grand cultural study and an intimate psychological portrait, revealing Napoleon not just as a conqueror, but as a voracious collector of ideas. Artworks and archival footage weave a narrative on how personal obsession shapes public patrimony.

What lingers after the credits is the complex aftertaste of a cultural legacy born from looted art and imperial vanity, forcing a reckoning with the foundations of our museums. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Giovanni Piscaglia

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The velvet darkness of archives, the cold gleam of marble, and ghostly light falling on canvases in empty halls.

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