Film
Passion in the Desert
1997 · 1h 31m · Adventure
What nature divides, the spirit unites.
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Overview
Young French officer Augustin Robert escorts artist Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis to Egypt during Napoleon's Egyptian campaign. Napoleon sent de Paradis to record Egypt's great monuments and temples that are destroyed by French soldiers in acts of barbarism. During combat, Augustin and Jean-Michel are separated from their regiment, and they start wandering through the desert fighting for their life. In one of the canyons Augustin meets a leopard he names Simoom and a strange bond between them appears.
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Cast
Ben Daniels
Augustin Robert
Michel Piccoli
Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis
Paul M. Meston
Grognard
Kenneth Collard
Officer
Nadia Odeh
Bedouin Bride
Auda Mohammed Badoul
Shepherd Boy
Mohammed Ali
Medicine Man
Crew
- Lavinia CurrierDirector · Screenplay
- Honoré de BalzacStory
- Alexey RodionovDirector of Photography
Media
Details
- Release date
- August 31, 1997
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Genres
- Adventure
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