Part 1

The DVD version consists of 2 episodes, the parricide of Caesar being the juncture. In addition, the language was Spanish without subtitles. Hence, it's hard for me to review in depth this movie because because i didn't understand what was said.

Cleopatra being an historic icon, the part is very difficult and i found that for a newcomer, Leonor Varela just plays fine. She is strong-willed but also a very supportive, tender soul mate. Thimothy Dalton as Caesar is perfect and their romance is the main thing of the first episode. So, it is not really a documentary, nor a peplum but a great love story.

After the parricide, a new lover comes (Marc-Antoine) but the flavor is gone: we remember always our first love. So, i found the second episode dull and their tragic fate isn't told powerfully.

Nonetheless, the production is luxurious: the sets are big, tastefully decorated; the Moroccan live location exotic and the wardrobes splendid. The producers have a lot of money for sure, but they spend nothing on the special effects. They are so poor (blue screens, ships, Sphinx) that it's funny.

Finally, I would like very much to hear it in french or English to make a definitive opinion about this two movies.

A try to remind a historical personality with some nostalgia of classics. And a decent result, not memorable, not exactly impressive but nice to decent , the recipe being more than familiar.

Leonor Varela is the familiar Mediteranean figure , maybe not very close by Cleopatra apparence but interested for reasonable performance, often not real helped by script. Timothy Dalton is the inspired Caesar reminding, in few scenes, the W. Shakespeare character.

Nice Octavianus of Rupert Graves. And , with some not impressive details - the Sphinx as easy example - not so bad portrait of the steps to reign of a young woman.