Passion in the Desert
What nature divides, the spirit unites.
1997 | 91m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Lavinia Currier |
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| Writer: | Lavinia Currier, Honoré de Balzac |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 31, 1997 |
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| Director: | Lavinia Currier |
| Writer: | Lavinia Currier, Honoré de Balzac |
| Genres: | Adventure |
| Keywords | egypt, napoleon bonaparte, leopard, woman director |
| Production Companies | Fine Line Features, Roland-Film |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 03, 2025 Entered: May 02, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| 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 |
| Name | Job |
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| Lavinia Currier | Screenplay, Director |
| Alexey Rodionov | Director of Photography |
| Honoré de Balzac | Story |
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