Passion in the Desert
1997
What nature divides, the spirit unites.
- Lavinia Currier
- 1h 31m
- August 31, 1997 · United States of America
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 31, 1997
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Fine Line Features,Roland-Film
- Cast
- Ben Daniels,Auda Mohammed Badoul,Michel Piccoli,Mohammed Ali,Kenneth Collard,Nadia Odeh,Paul M. Meston
- Director
- Lavinia Currier
- Cinematography
- Alexey Rodionov
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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