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Jules César
FRANCE · 1954

Jules César

Jean Renoir
political ambition betrayal friendship conflict power struggle ancient Rome
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Synopsis

The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but both have sorely underestimated Mark Antony.

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